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Providing excellence in counselling & psychotherapy training. Nationally recognised qualifications.

We provide fun, fascinating and individually focused training in counselling and psychotherapy. We will enable you to become the best counsellor or psychotherapist that you can be.

01/11/2026

A new look, and everything else just as it was.

Since yesterday’s update, we wanted to say plainly what hasn’t changed:

🌱 Your tutors and the team you know
🌱 Your training pathway, dates and bookings
🌱 Our home in Edinburgh
🌱 The way we work: relational, small groups, held with care

Sometimes it’s good to refresh how we show ourselves to the world, while what’s underneath stays steady. That feels quite fitting for a training community built on growth.

31/10/2026

You might notice we look a little different today.

Physis Scotland has a new logo and a fresh colourway, and our website has been updated to match. The two leaves felt right to us: something growing, still rooted in the same ground.

That’s the only change. Same people, same courses, same small groups, same building at Drumsheugh Gardens. If you’re booked on a course or already training with us, nothing changes for you.

We hope you like it. Have a wander around the new site and let us know what you think.

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30/10/2026

As October comes to a close, Friday offers a small pause between one week and the next.

When we think about rest, we often think about sleep. But sometimes rest means stepping away from noise, spending time alone, being with someone who helps us feel at ease, moving our bodies gently, or putting down the decisions and responsibilities we’ve been carrying.

What we need can change from day to day. And it isn’t always easy to hear those needs when we’re used to carrying on regardless.

So, as the weekend begins, perhaps there’s a moment to notice what you’ve been holding, and what might help you feel a little more rested.

What kind of rest are you needing this weekend? 🍂

29/10/2026

Something new is coming very soon.....

Our website and image is getting a fresh new look, and we’re looking forward to sharing it with you.

Don’t worry, it’s still very much us: same people, same courses, same Physis. Just a little brighter around the edges.

Keep an eye out over the next few days 👀

28/10/2026

You work with people every day. You understand what drives them, what holds them back, what helps them change. But when the challenge is a whole team, or an organisation, the individual lens only takes you so far.

Organisational TA is its own body of theory, built for exactly that territory. And if you’ve been curious about what it involves, Sari van Poelje TSTA(O) is running a free one-hour online seminar with Physis Scotland: Everything You Wanted to Know About Organisational TA and Were Afraid to Ask.

Sari has spent over 40 years working with organisations including Shell, KLM and ASML. She is an EMCC Master Coach and director of Intact Academy, where she has trained more than 3,600 practitioners across 14 countries.

This is a conversation, not a lecture. Bring your questions.

16 November 2026, 6–7pm UK time, Online

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27/10/2026

Last weekend, two of our Foundation Year groups immersed themselves in the ideas at the heart of Transactional Analysis.

After a previous training weekend focused on counselling skills, the Foundation Year students spend these training days exploring TA for the first time, with Kate Simpson,PTSTA(P), Ashley Jack, CTA(P), John Evans, PTSTA(P), and Jon Henderson, PG Dip TA.

Together, they explored ego states, contracting, the OK Corral, script and learning styles. Stormy weather meant adapting the plans and moving online on Sunday, which gave everyone a chance to reflect on what changes when we learn together online and in person.

A weekend full of new ideas, shared learning and the beginnings of TA journey. 🌱

26/10/2026

Is it still therapy if you’re helping a client plan their week?

For some clients with ADHD, a little structure can be what makes the deeper work possible. That might mean breaking a task down, finding a way to remember what was discussed, or noticing what gets in the way between sessions. The relational depth stays; the scaffolding sits alongside it.

Psychotherapist, supervisor, author and ADHD specialist Nea Clark will explore executive functioning and practical scaffolding in a free online workshop for counsellors, psychotherapists and trainees. The session also covers how this kind of support can fit within the way you already work.

Thursday 12 November, 6pm to 7pm UK time
Online and free, booking required

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25/10/2026

Can learning online really feel engaging and personal?

It’s a question we ask ourselves regularly because we don't want the TA101 to be just another online course.

The Physis TA101 is designed to be interactive from the start, with space to reflect, discuss and try ideas out in relation to your own life.

As one previous participant described it "a virtual learning environment that was both captivating and educational."

TA101: Understanding You, Me and Us
Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November 2026
Online, £220
Led by Kate Simpson PTSTA and Jon Henderson PGDip

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24/10/2026

Sitting with a couple, it’s easy to find yourself pulled in. You side with one partner without quite meaning to. You feel the same frustration they feel with each other. Or you notice you’re avoiding a subject, often s*x, because it’s uncomfortable for you as well as for them.

Couples tend to re-enact their dynamics with the therapist. And we bring our own scripts, our own relational history, and assumptions we may not know we hold, about what a relationship should look like, who wants what, and what counts as normal.

The Relational Crucible is a two-day in-person course with Lohani Noor, founding director of the Institute for Relational and Sexual Therapies (ThIRST). Drawing on Transactional Analysis, Gestalt and psychos*xual therapy, it looks at how two partners’ scripts lock together, how to track contact as it moves between them, and how relational patterns show up in a couple’s s*xual life. Alongside that runs a thread of reflection on your own script and how it shapes your work with couples, within a group contract that keeps the experiential work contained.

You don’t need a TA or Gestalt background. The course suits students and qualified therapists who work with couples, or would like to.

Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 January 2027, in person at Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh. £220, 14 hours CPD.

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22/10/2026

We don’t always see the effort it takes someone to be in the room. 💙

This Invisible Disabilities Week, we are reflecting on what it means to feel believed, supported and included, without having to explain or prove our difficulties.

Someone may be navigating pain, fatigue, sensory overload or a condition that fluctuates from day to day. What looks like an ordinary training weekend from the outside may involve careful and meticulous planning, difficult choices and recovery time afterwards.

Within psychotherapy training, this invites us to stay curious. What assumptions might we make about someone’s attendance, energy or participation? How can we make space for different needs, including those that haven’t been spoken about?

It also asks us to reflect on ourselves as practitioners. Can we listen to someone’s experience without measuring it against what we can see? Can we make room for their limits without losing sight of their strengths?

At Physis Scotland, we want to keep these conversations open. A compassionate learning community grows through listening, asking what helps and being willing to adapt. Sometimes, feeling included begins with knowing we don’t have to hide the parts of ourselves that need support.

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22 Drumsheugh Gardens
Edinburgh
EH37RN

Website

https://www.physisscotland.co.uk/, https://www.physisscotland.co.uk/ta-101-understanding-you-me-us, https://www.physissc

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