SAATA Vision SAATA is the nodal body for defining & upholding professional standards for transactional analysts in the South Asian region. Our aim is to grow a vibrant community of TA practitioners to promote mental health of individuals, groups & communities.

Mission

i) To promote a community for Mental Health & growth for practitioners and the world at large

ii) To promote Mental Health/wellbeing for individuals, groups & communities through

a. Developing professional standards & regulatory norms for practitioners

b. Engagement & outreach with communities

c. Collaboration with educational institutions, government, industry bodies etc.

iii) To create/build a vibrant community of TA practitioners to promote mental health of individuals, groups & communities.

SAATA Purpose

To provide a professional identity to Transactional Analysts in the South Asian region and to represent this region in the global Transactional Analysis community

• To promote cooperation in the South Asian region in the field of Transactional Analysis

• To promote professional knowledge and research in Transactional Analysis, to develop its theory, and to ensure agreed standards of training and practice

• To ensure that the Transactional Analysis training and examination process and the professional code of ethics are relevant to the regional social, political, cultural, economic and market conditions

• To synthesise Eastern Philosophy and Culture into Transactional Analysis theory, training and practice SAATA Role

For the implementation of its purposes, SAATA will, in particular:

• Work to ensure conformity to agreed standards of training, examination and practise of Transactional Analysis in South Asia

• Encourage the participation of Transactional Analysis practitioners, associations and institutions

• Facilitate South Asian Transactional Analysis associations and institutions to coordinate their activities, like conferences and publications by facilitating communication between them

• Organize regional, national and international conferences in Transactional Analysis

• Provide information by way of publications and the diffusion of documents and texts

• Translate works and documents of Transactional Analysis into regional languages

• Encourage the professional practice of Transactional Analysis

• Support scientific research into the theory and practice of Transactional Analysis

• Promote contacts with persons and organisations in fields allied with Transactional Analysis specialization

• Establish and regulate necessary systems to uphold professional ethics in trainers, trainees and practitioners

SAATA Goals

Short Term Goals

• All Certified Members in the region (TSTA’s, PTSTA’s and CTA’s) and their trainees will be the members of SAATA

• Bring together under one umbrella all practicing Transactional Analysis professionals in the region to foster synergy

• Design a training and examination handbook to suit the regional needs

• To design and offer courses in Transactional Analysis in between the TA101 and CTA to suit the local requirements and certify those who fulfill the requirements

Long Term Goals

• To be a full-fledged equal partner in the global Transactional Analysis community

• To get its training and examination process mutually recognised by the global Transactional Analysis certifying bodies

• To get SAATA courses recognised by regional, national and global institutions including universities and government regulatory bodies.