General Terms and Conditions
Workshops, events, postgraduates
Registration
Registration for workshop or events is done by at least giving the following information: Name, address, phone number. In case there are other requirements, they are mentioned at the website. Postgraduate workshops are meant for Tasso graduates and often students. Usually they are also accessible for professional members of EARTh or NVRT. In case you have a different background and wish to join, you can contact us at info@tasso.nl so we can consider your request.
Payment and cancellation
For each event we have a minimum and maximum number of participants. Usually between 6 to 16, but it can vary, depending on the venue and nature of the event.
Once we have enough participants we send out an invoice. Once the invoice is paid the participants place is assured.
In case the maximum number of participants is exceeded, the available spots will go to the people that signed up first.
At least 14 days before the event starts, the payment is due.
Participants can cancel free of costs until 1 month before the event takes place.
Between 1 month and 2 weeks before the event 50% of the costs are charged. The full amount is charged if the cancellation is done after that.
After payment cancellation will only take place in unforeseen circumstances or force majeure, like illness of the trainer, a pandemic, government restrictions, war or natural disasters.
If Tasso needs to cancel an event, any received payments will be reimbursed. Tasso is not liable for any other costs that participants have made to attend a workshop or event.
Copyright, GDPR, privacy, confidentiality
Please see the text below, as we keep the same policy for events, workshops and postgraduates as we do in our training.
Tasso International training
Registration
Registration for the Tasso International training is complete after the following steps:
- Filling out the application form on the website
- Having a videocall (or in person talk) with the Tasso International director and a mutual agreement to join the training
- Agreeing to the terms and conditions
- Making the payment for at least the first module before the requested date
Payment
Tasso sends out an invoice for the training before the program starts. On the invoice the dates are mentioned on which the payments need to be received.
This is 1 month before the module starts, unless otherwise specified.
Payment of the course includes:
- Lessons online and in person
- Digital handouts
- Written exams*
- Supervisions*
- Verbatims
- Homework group sessions
- Digital practitioner certificate after Level 1 and printed diploma after Level 2 in case the graduation criteria are fully met.
* One re-examination is included in the price. If more are needed, an additional fee is charged.
Students that repeat (part of) the Tasso International training pay a reduced fee. For the agreed fee, the students will be able to join the lessons and join supervised sessions as an observer. If they wish to receive a diploma or join exams, supervisions or other parts of the curriculum they will pay an additional fee.
Missing lessons & cancellation policy
Participating in lessons
Students need to be present for all the in person lessons. Signing up for the training, means agreeing to joining the in person modules.
In case of illness or any kind of force majeure, the Tasso staff needs to be consulted before the lesson starts. The Tasso staff may require the student to catch up on those lessons at a later date or in another way.
Live attendance of and active participation in the webinars is expected. If the student is not able to attend, they need to notify Tasso beforehand. Students are then expected to watch the recording at a later time, before the next module starts. If the student misses more than two online lessons, Tasso can require the student to make an assignment to show they caught up on the lessons.
If practical lessons or exams (exercises, supervision and homework groups) are missed, students need to catch up at a later date. This may mean they will need to wait until a new batch has started, so receiving the diploma will also be at a later date.
Cancellation
Once joined the program Tasso expects the student to continue, unless the student notifies Tasso that they wish to not continue.
The student has the right to cancel their registration until 1 month before the next module starts. This needs to be done in writing.
From 1 month up to 2 weeks before the module starts a 50% fee for the module is charged. From 2 weeks up to the start of the module a 100% fee is charged.
In case (part of) a module is missed and the fee is paid, the student can join the lessons free of charge with the following batch. Please note that there may be changes in the program in the next batch, in which case Tasso will try to find an appropriate solution with the student.
Modules and changes
Part of the modules are online, part are in person in the Netherlands.
Once the batch starts, we will do our best to keep the planning of the modules as scheduled and offer the students the opportunity to finish the program they started.
In rare cases we may need to make changes in the program or schedule:
- In case the group is not (yet/anymore) big enough. In this case the group is notified at least 1 month prior to the start of the module.
- For organisational reasons – for example the venue is not available anymore, there are technical issues in case of an online lesson or a teacher has fallen ill and cannot be replaced. For in person lessons, we will always make sure a teacher can be replaced.
- In case of ‘Force majeur’: for a reason out of our control we cannot meet in person: like a natural disaster or a catastrophe such as war, or government restrictions.
In such cases we will try our very best to offer another solution, such as online or hybrid training, meeting at another location or on other dates.
In case a solution is not found, students will receive back their money for that lesson or module.
Specific teachers are not guaranteed. All our teachers are skilled, most lessons are given by senior teachers with international experience. We do our best to keep the planning of teachers as scheduled, but changes do happen sometimes and we find the best solution possible for replacement.
Cancellation insurance
Any costs for travel or accommodation made by students are at their own risk. Tasso recommends to book flexible accommodation and flights and take out cancellation insurance.
Finishing the course at a later time
Students that decide to stop the training before graduating, are allowed to return to the training within three years. The lessons followed and the exams done will remain valid through that time. If the student wishes to graduate at a later time, they will need to comply with the latest graduation criteria.
When a student cannot keep up with the amount of work, they may contact Tasso to agree on an alternative route, to may be spread the amount of work over a longer period and graduate at a later date.
Graduates with a Tasso diploma or students that want to repeat lessons, pay a reduced fee. Following the full course is at half price. For following rare lessons, Tasso will make a special offer.
Leaving the course at the request of Tasso
Becoming a therapist is a big responsibility. Apart from the graduation criteria we also monitor the students behavior. If there are strong doubts about the ethics or behaviors of a student, we will at first have a talk with the student to see if improvement is possible.
If we continue to have doubts, we may request the student to leave the course. In that case the student gets reimbursed for the lessons they will miss. Other costs are for the students own risk.
Reasons for not letting a student graduate or finish a course may be: addictive behavior, not respecting boundaries, having a negative influence on the group or not willing to exercise and/or work on personal issues.
Books, handouts and materials
Books
Students are required to read the following books:
Level 1 and 2:
TenDam, Hans – Deep Healing and Transformation: A Manual of Transpersonal
Regression Therapy (2014)
Level 2:
TenDam, Hans – Exploring Reincarnation: The Classic Guide to the Evidence for
Past-Life Experiences (1987)
Both books are available at Amazon and directly on www.lulu.com.
Students will receive a recommended book list, of which they are required to read at least 1 book for their 2nd exam (in Level 2).
Copyright
Students will receive (digital) extra materials, such as handouts and power point presentations during the training.
Copyright of these materials belong to Tasso Institute and/or the trainer.
The materials are meant for educational purposes, the student is not allowed to copy or share the materials with others. Any reproduction or use of the materials needs to be agreed upon with Tasso or in some cases the trainer.
Quotes are allowed, as long as the source is mentioned.
Privacy, confidentiality and recordings
Privacy and GDPR
Tasso conforms to the GDPR rules. We keep your personal data (name, address, email) only for administrative purposes and to inform you about the training. We will keep track of your results for the training and keep your data and reports for a minimum of 7 years in order to fullfil our duties for tax purposes and our recognition as a private school for professional education (CRKBO registration).
We expect students to be interested in other activities of Tasso Institute. Therefore we will send out a newsletter every once in a while to inform you about postgraduate trainings or other activities.
If you wish not to receive the newsletter, you can simply unsubscribe or notify us that you don’t want to receive it.
Webinars / online lessons
The online lessons are recorded by Tasso. Students get the chance to watch the video’s at least until the next module by streaming through either Zoom or Teams. These are not to be shared with others. If Tasso wants to use recordings for educational purposes this will either be clarified before recording or permission to share will be asked afterwards.
Lessons in person / in the Netherlands
Lessons at a physical location are in general not recorded and aren’t allowed to be recorded by students.
For the demo sessions the rule is: the client for the demo can make one recording (or a fellow student for the client) and can share it with the group. It is respected both by Tasso and the fellow student if the client doesn’t want to share it. Tasso will offer a space in Microsoft Teams to safely share the sessions.
Tasso may use anonymized sessions for educational purposes. If we wish to use an audio or video recording of a session we will always ask permission of the student or client.
Supervision sessions are not allowed to be recorded.
Confidentiality
Students do exercises among each other and sometimes with external clients. In the group we do demo sessions with students.
We want students to feel safe in the group to share and work on their personal issues. Therefore confidentiality is required from all participants in the program. What is shared in the group, stays in the group.
Tasso teachers, supervisors, learning therapists or other employees respect the privacy and confidentiality of students. In case issues come up during the training or learning therapy that may be of influence on the progress of the student or on their suitability as a therapist, this can be discussed among staff members.
Working with clients
Students are required to practise with external clients (that are no Tasso students). Before the full diploma after Level 2 is received, students are obliged to notify their clients that they are still in training to become a recognized Tasso therapist.
Photo / video
Tasso will sometimes make photo’s and video’s for marketing purposes. Students that don’t want to be visible in those photo’s or video’s can always ask either the Tasso staff or the person making the photo’s or video’s to not be visible in the pictures. We do ask students in that case to avoid being caught on camera, for example not to take a front row seat at graduation day. For group pictures we will not ask specific permission to use it for marketing purposes. Close up photo’s, video’s or interviews are only used with permission of the student.
Terms and conditions
Terms and conditions and graduation criteria are updated every once in a while. Please check the latest version on the website.
Last update of these Terms and Conditions: 28 October 2024
Graduation criteria Tasso International
Level 1:
Attending lessons, participating actively in lessons, exercises and home work groups
1 written take home exam
2 practical exams (sessions under supervision)
1 verbatim (written report and analysis of a session – present life session)
1 homework group report (video recording and analysis of the session,)
1 x being client and 1 x observer in sessions of fellow students in the homework group
3 learning therapy sessions & reports
Level 2:
Attending lessons, participating actively in lessons, exercises and home work groups
2 written exams: 1 take home exam (including 1 book report), 1 exam in class
2 practical exams (sessions under supervision)
1 verbatim (written report and analysis of a session – past life session)
1 homework group report (video recording and analysis,)
1 x being client and 1 x observer in sessions of fellow students in the homework group
3 learning therapy sessions & reports
Case presentation of therapy with 1 external client of at least 6 sessions
Grades
Grading of exams and supervision is done as follows:
Insufficient, mediocre, sufficient/good, very good or excellent.
Written exams
To pass an exam it must be graded sufficient/good. If it is mediocre, the next exam has to be at least sufficient/good. The last exam in Level 2 must always be sufficient/good.
Supervision / practical exam
Supervision is a practical exam. The student does a session with a fellow student or a volunteer client, while a supervisor is present. The student receives feedback and a grade for the session.
For supervision: the last supervision of each Level has to be sufficient/good. One of the other
supervisions can be mediocre, but if more than one supervision is graded mediocre, the student needs to do a re-examination.
Verbatim
Verbatims are sessions with an external client that are typed out word by word. Also there is an analysis of the session, according to the format given by Tasso.
Both verbatims (in Level 1 and 2) have to be graded at least sufficient/good.
Homework group analysis
Homework group sessions are meant for learning & exercise and are not graded.
Students practise under guidance and supervision of a coach/supervisor. The session is recorded with video or audio. The (learning) therapist makes an analysis of the session, using the form with questions that Tasso provides. This will be reflected upon with the coach/supervisor and the group in or before the next meeting.
Although the analysis is not graded, making & sending in the report is part of the graduation criteria. The video is shared with the coach/supervisor and the fellow-students.
A case presentation
Make a presentation about a series of 6 sessions with one and the same outside client.
It needs to be graded at least satisfactorily.
Assessment criteria case presentation:
- Shows understanding for the problem and personality of the client.
- Has professionally maintained the relationship with the client.
- Has applied the different methods judiciously.
- Has brought and kept sufficient depth in the process.
- Did the sessions work well together, partly in view of what might have happened be- tween the sessions.
- Show sufficient reflection on your own performance.
A short summary needs to be sent in at least 2 weeks before the last module.
The final assessment of your presentation will take place by the Board of Examiners.
The examination board consists of two teachers from Tasso Institute and an external examiner.
The result will be communicated to you the same day.
Personal process (Learning therapy)
Six sessions personal therapy are compulsory, preferably with the same therapist. After Level 1 the student or therapist can decide they want to switch. During the Learning therapy shopping with other therapists is not allowed. The therapist is appointed by Tasso. In case there are troubles or doubts, Tasso office manager can be consulted.
Both the client and the therapist make a short report about the sessions. A format for this is provided by Tasso.
For Learning therapy the student pays a fee directly to the therapist. We usually appoint recently graduated therapists and the recommended fee is 100 euro per session (sessions are usually around 2 hours).
The personal therapy has to include:
Level 1:
Mainly childhood experiences
Birth and prenatal experiences
Level 2:
The directly preceding lifetime
A karmic lifetime
