JOHN PARR, PTSTA

John Parr MSc, CQSW, CTA, CSW, MISMA, is a, PTSTA, (Provisional Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst) in the field of Psychotherapy. As well as being a therapist he has also managed his own organizational development and consulting company for over seventeen years.

Prior to qualifying as a therapist he was a HR Manager in a multinational electronics company.

His first profession is Electronic Engineering, he pursued this career in the Royal Navy from 1961 until 1970. During this time he fought in the jungle in Malaysia for almost two years, served for five years in submarines and studied advanced electronics and mechanical engineering at the Royal Naval School of Electronics.

From 1971 he managed a residential treatment centre for recovering substance abusers, before studying social sciences at Southampton University.  He then worked in the criminal justice system before being head hunted to an HR function. 

In the mid 1980’s he trained as a psychotherapist and is a registered psychotherapist with internationally recognized qualifications.  He is the past President of the European TA Association and currently Vice President of the International TA Association.

He now practices in Romania, where he also trains psychiatrists and psychologists in the skills of psychotherapy.  He also manages his own consulting company in Romania.

He is a recognized expert in Emotional Intelligence and in the use of Attachment Theory in conflict management.