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Foundation Year

In-person application form

To apply for our Foundation Year programme starting in September 2026, please complete this form no later than 4th September 2026.

2025/2026  In-Person Foundation Year course dates

  • 25th/26th/27th September 2026*

  • 24th/25th October 2026

  • 28th/29th November 2026

  • 19th/20th December 2026

  • 30th/31st January 2027

  • 27th/28th February 2027

  • 20th/21st March 2027

  • 10th April 2026**

  • 29th/30th May 2027

  • 26th/27th June 2027

* These three days are the three-day Introduction to Counselling Skills course which we recommend that all trainees attend, even if you have done introductory counselling skills elsewhere.

 

** This is an ‘all years’ training day where the Foundation groups and other year groups will come together.

 

​Please note, start and finishing times for training weekends are 9.30am – 5.00pm, including the Introduction to Counselling Skills module.

  1. Personal details

  1. Interest

Please indicate below which of the following aspects of TA training are of interest to you:

  1. TA101: Introduction to Transactional Analysis

The TA101 is a pre-requisite for entering Transactional Analysis Training. Please select as appropriate:

  1. Introduction to Counselling Skills

We strongly recommend that all Foundation Year trainees participate in the 3-day Introduction to Counselling Skills course which begins the year, even if you have completed counselling skills training modules elsewhere. However, if you wish to opt out of the 3-day Counselling Skills component of Foundation Year because you have completed a COSCA recognised counselling skills course (minimum 25 hours training), please indicate by ticking the box below.

  1. Referees

Please provide contact details for two referees. The first should be your current (or most recent) employer. The second may be from a different source but may not be a friend or family member.

  1. Criminal convictions

Physis Scotland requires you to declare any convictions, current or spent, which would preclude you studying with us.

Do you have any criminal convictions?

  1. Learning needs

Physis Scotland will seek to support your learning needs if accepted onto the programme. Please detail below any learning needs:

Learning needs

  1. Document upload

Please upload the following items: Please tick below to indicate documents uploaded.
Max 15 MB/30 documents

  1. Application fee

  1. Statement

I wish to join the Foundation Year of the Transactional Analysis Training Programme for the year 2026-27. I understand that completion of this form does not commit me to joining the Training Programme and that my acceptance onto the programme is confirmed following a successful interview and the provision of satisfactory references. The application fee of £95 is non-refundable. Upon the offer of a place on the Training Programme I will receive a Registration document, the completion of which will be my commitment to the full year of training.

It is very useful for us to know how you heard about our training. Please could you indicate using the boxes and give any additional information below.

How did you hear about this course?
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