Bob Cooke is a Teaching Supervising Transactional Analyst and is the founding director of the Manchester Institute for Psychotherapy UK.

He also is the Co-ordinator of Training at the Manchester Institute for Psychotherapy which has been running psychotherapy training courses in Transactional Analysis since 1993.

Bob Cooke has been a Council member of the United Kingdom Association of Transactional Analysis in 1993-1994 and more recently 2011-2013.

He was an active member of the Council where he was responsible for the changing of the name of the Institute of Transactional Analysis to the present name of the TA community in the UK which is UKATA.

Bob Cooke represents the Manchester Institute for Psychotherapy within the TA community and the Institute itself is a registered training establishment of UKATA.

Bob Cooke is also a Certified Transactional Analysis (P) and has been practicing as a Psychotherapist since 1985.  More recently, he has also trained in Integrative Psychotherapy and holds a certificate from the International Integrative Psychotherapy Association with regards to clinical psychotherapy.

Bob Cooke is also an Accredited Supervisor recognised by the European Association of Transactional Analysis and is on the register of the United Kingdom Council of Psychotherapy as a registered supervisor.

Bob Cooke is recognised and accredited by the UKCP and has recently taken up post as one of the UKCP’s Trustees – Bob Cooke UKCP Trustee Manifesto – click here

Bob Cooke is also the Chair of the UK Division of the European Inter-disciplinary Association for Therapy Services with Children and Young People.

Bob Cooke also is on the board of the European Association of Integrative Psychotherapy and as such MIP’s training is recognised by the EAIP.