Living and growing in an increasingly complex world

At present we are confronted with situations we would never had

predicted or expected – the health crises of Covid-19, the climate

changes and the political situation in many countries of the world is

disturbing us.

We can no longer avoid to confront ourselves with some existential

questions and decisions.

We can no longer avoid reflections how to lead meaningful and happy

lives dispite all these circumstances

This concerns deeply the way how we understand and apply our TA

philosophy, the Ethic guidelines we have and how we understand and

apply the TA models.

We have to deal with the following questions:

How can we stimulate resilience and processes for a “good” life?

What do people need to develop and to build resilience in this always

becoming more complex world?

How can we follow our principles of respect and mutuality when there are

people and political systems which are marked by violence, terror and

destruction.

How can we develop respect and humility for our environment and the

planet?

How and in which way have Professionals and Tainers to include the

complexity and the changes of the world in their professional and

training process?

How and in which way can the philosophy and the models of TA support

and stimulate these processes?

I will not give answers to this questions – my aim is to stimulate

questions, thinking and discussions. Everybody has to deal with these

question individually and in contact with his personal, situation, his

relationships and responsibilities. Culture, community and environment

are additional influences.. If we discuss these questions, if we exchange

our ideas and thinking we can use the synergy of our competences,

experiences and knowledge. So we will manage the challenges of today

to build as best conditions for tomorrow.

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I am living and working in Vienna. My professional background is

working as educational manager and team Supervisor in schools, working

as counsellor in the area of school development and in private practice

as teaching trainer and supervisor of single persons and groups.

I have completed my studies of psychology on the university of Vienna, I

got my teaching degree on the pedagogic university.

I absolved my transactional analysis training in Germany, Swizerland

and the U.K. Since 2019 I am TSTA in the educational field and I work

with training groups in different countries of Europe. My special interests

are conditions for good learning and teaching processes, intercultural

learning and constructive problem solving behavior. I work resource

orientated based on transactional analysis with a systemic point of view.

In the last years I published some articles about intercultural learning and

teaching in multicultural contexts, the latest in the German TAJ and in

the new book edited by Trudy Newton and Giles Barrow : Educational

Transactional Analyses.

Since 2022 I am the EATA President.