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TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS. BULLETIN

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VOLUME JANUARY 1963 5 The 2 Transactional Analysis Bulletin will be published quarterly to NUMBER keep active members, members at large, associate members, former students, and other interested . parties current with the scientific, educational, organizational and persona] activities of the San Francisco Social' Psychiatry Seminars. Subscriptions,;,are solicited from institutions and libraries at $3 per year (U.K. All funds received from associate memberships and subscriptions .will be 'devoted to continuing and enlarging the Bulletin ..until it becomes possible to publish selected articles without the necessity for undue abbreviation. Subscriptions," enquiries, exchanges, and financial contributions should be 'addressed to The' Transactional Analysis Bulletin, P. O. Box 5747, Carmel, California. Contributors Short summaries of newly discovered transactional games or other original observations,,brief accounts of clinical, scientific, or teaching activities, letters to the editor, or personal and organizational notes should be addressed to the Editor, Transactional Analysis Bulletin, at the above address. Such contributions are encouraged as the best way for members in warious parts of the country to keep in touch with each other. Advertising Rates for classified and display advertising will be submitted on request. The reaches a select audience of professional people in the San Francisco Bay Area and other parts of the country.

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Editorial and Circulation Assistant, Mary N. Williams

THE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY- SEMINARS Directors 1962 - 1963 Eric Berne, M.D. Melvin H. Boyce, B.S. Joseph Concannon, M.S.W. Franklin Ernst, M.D. Kenneth V. Everts, M.D. Robert Goulding, M.D. Gordon Haiberg, M.D. William Collins, Los Angeles Barbara Rosenfeld, Philadelphia George Jones, M.S.W. Viola Litt, M.A. Frances Matson, M.S.W. Paul McCormick, A.B. Mary Michelson, A.B. Ray Poindexter, M.D.

At Large Myra Schapps, Los Angeles. Claude Steiner, Ann Arbor Copyright 1963, San Francisco Social Psychiatry Seminars, Inc.

SCIENTIFIC PROCEEDINGS
FALL QUARTER - ADVANCED SEMINAR - 202 - SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 1962 The abstracts below are written for professional readers who are assumed to be familiar with the basic principles and terminology of transactional analysis. September 18 & October 16. Eric Berne: "Some Crises in Therapy." September 25. Joint Meeting with Western Society of Existential Psychiatrists and Psychologists. Eric Berne: "Similarities between Transactional Analysis & Existential Analysis." This meeting, held at Letterman Army Hospital, was the first joint meeting ever attempted by the Seminars. B attempted to reduce certain central existential concepts to transactional terms. The Self may shift from one ego state to another. Encounter is promoted by complementary transactions and disturbed by crossed transactions. Intimacy, similar to encounter, is usually evaded by adopting other types of time-structuring. Commitment is made in childhood when a decision is made and a position is taken from which games are played. Transactional therapy has a definite structure, and that does not reduce its existential significance. In the ensuing discussion, Arthur Burton stated that patients often get better in spite of therapy. The speaker replied that they seemed to get better in spite of transactional analysis more quickly than in spite of other forms of treatment. October 2. Joint Meeting with Golden Gate Group Psychotherapy Society. V. Satir, E. Chance, M. Steiner, & E. Berne: " Panel on Family Therapy." Satir presented a report of her extensive experience with family therapy, and this was discussed in conventional terms. She was invited to present it at the Semi nars at a later date so that it could be considered from a transactional point of view. October 9 & 30. Franklin Ernst: "A Therapy Group in Private Practice." (Tape). This group has been presented at intervals since January, 1962. (See TAB No. 2 & No. 3). In its present phase of development, it meets the four principle criteria for a true transactional analysis group: (1) A transactional rather than a descriptive view of the patients; (2) An ongoing therapeutic plan for each patient; (3) A bi lateral contractual obligation between patient and therapist; (4) An actionistic approach to therapy. (1) The brief preliminary transactional description of each patient was not only more cogent and enlightening than the usual clinical data (e.g., "A 37 year old Roman Catholic schizophrenic, the third of four siblings," etc. etc.) but was highly economical of time and effort, and enabled the audience to predict and understand what took place during the session. E described T as playing Ain't It Awful, and T could then be recognized on the tape; he described R as playing See What You Made Me Do, and R emerged from the tape as a socially operating individual. The factors in the backgrounds of T and R which were of immediate clinical significance could be deduced from their transactional behavior toward other members of the group. (2) E stated clearly what he planned to do for each patient at that particular meeting, so that the audience could judge how successful he was, which factors in the patient's personality interfered with the ongoing plan, and where the next point of attack should be. (3) R wanted E to go to court in support of his claim for accident indemnity. E refused on the grounds that this was not part of his contract, and would interfere with the therapy. He could not be maximally effective both as a therapist and as a witness.

(4) In the case of H, E took a similar position; he would be very reluctant to write a report for the purpose of prolonging H's pension. The, question was rather what prevented H from giving up his pension and going to work. H tried to evade this issue, but E confronted him repeatedly until H's maneuvers were clearly thrown into focus as evasions. Thus E made it clear that he would be more im pressed by action (going to work) than by talk from H. Specifically, E wanted to know the origin of H's need for. a pension. The other patients clearly understood E's aim and were interested in H's evasiveness. October 23 & November 6. Ray Poindexter: "Industrial Psychiatry." P presented some of the games played by a group of executives . in an industrial organization. Among them were Look How Hard I've Tried (when will they appreciate me), If It. Weren't For Them (I could do my job properly), and Ain't It Awful (there's too much work, or not enough work). What would be the most de sirable contribution that a consultant could make to such a group? Initially a straight didactic presentation of structural analysis seemed indicated, using local examples, in order t o hook their Adults. This might lead into an. objective discus sion of their games. R. Goulding clarified the difference between group work and group therapy. The Seminar felt that P should avoid "group therapy." In any case, the, first step was to clarify P's contract with the organization. November 13. Sanvel Klein: "An Out-Patient' Therapy, Group. (Tape). K presented the first meeting of a group in a' clinic. The Seminar' suggested: "Don't tell usabout the patients, we'll tell you." By, listening.to the games and pastimes, it was possible to infer the nature of some of the patients' difficulties and to predict the course of the proceedings. November 20. Paul McCormick: "Jobs for Juvenile Offenders." M read a paper designed for presentation at Service Club luncheons and other lay gatherings. Juvenile offenders are discussed in structural terms after a brief, apt, and cogent introduction to ego states. The Seminars, in Martian fashion, discussed first M's purpose, attitude, and delivery, and their probable effects on his lay audience, and then the content of his paper. . November 27. Eric Berne: "Second Meeting of a Private Therapy. Group." (Tape). B tried to clarify the script of each member insofaras it was possible from the material available. The object was to predict the course of therapy in script terms so.that the members could take up right now at the point they would not other wise have reached until after several months or years in the group. This aborted such games as See How Hard I've, Tried. December 4. Carl May & David Myers "Planning a Documentary Film." M & M, whose documentary on delinquent boys, "Ask Me, Don't Tell Me, won the Golden Gate.prize at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 1960, are planning a film about "delinquent" girls.' They came to the Seminar for "ideas." December 11. Joint Meeting with the' Society for the Scientific Study of Human Behavior: "Changing Concepts of Psychic Illness and Health." This was a symposium including an existential psychologist (A. Burton), a psychoanalyst (J. Solomon),' a sociologist (W. McCord), and a transactional analyst (E. Berne). The proceedings were taped by KPFA, an FM Radio Station. December 18. Carl May & David Myers: "Ask Me, Don't Tell Me." (Documentary film). This is the first time a film has been shown at the Seminars. The members were moved even from the most hard-boiled and skeptical initial attitudes to ap ;plaud both May's work with boy gangs and Myers' editing and cinematography.

EDITORIAL
ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY OF THE SFSPS This issue marks the fifth anniversary of the Seminars. During this period we have developed in two ways: culturally and organizationally. The rapid evolution of a fairly distinct culture in such a brief interval should be of both theoretical and practical interest to anthropologists, but an account of that can wait for some more opportune moment-perhaps when we have some anthropologists among our membership. The present indications are that we are going to survive. The fact that we are beginning to get in people's way and that one eminent gentleman even pro poses to "eradicate" us as "weeds that blemish his creation" (S. R. Slavson, Acta psychother. 10: 62-73, 1962) is from a group dynamic point of view a healthy sign. If we do survive, some people in the future as well as in the present might wonder where we came from. The following is a brief answer to that question from an administrative point of view.

In the middle 50's there was an active group therapy program at Mount Zion Hospital in San Francisco under the supervision of E. Berne, with the collaboration of M. Steiner. This included a weekly seminar open to the professional public. Mrs. Gene Prescott, a psychologist with the San Francisco Health Department, mentioned that several of her colleagues would like to attend such a seminar if it could be given after working hours. Dr. Berne accepted this proposal, but Dr. Steiner was unable to give the additional time. The first meeting was held at Dr. Berne's office on February 18, 1958, with six people attending: Mrs. Prescott, Sanford Harris, Viola Litt, Florence Powers, Leslie Waldo, and Adeline Nuszbaum. By the fourth meeting, the group had grown to 13, and six months later more than 40 people were on the roll. A private practitioner, Dr. R. J. Starrels, was the first to request individual supervision in transactional analysis. By the middle of 1959, the meetings were becoming unwieldy in two ways: first, large numbers of people were crowding into the small quarters; and sec ondly, newcomers with little knowledge of the subject were mingled with more sophisticated people who had been attending the meetings for a long time. It was reluctantly decided that some form of organization was necessary, and the proceedings were split into an introductory course, and an advanced seminar to which only people who had completed the introductory course would be admitted. The title of the organization was carefully chosen to avoid pretentious words like "Institute" and "Society." The first introductory course (called 101 at the suggestion of Dr. Gordon Gritter) ran for ten weeks, starting September 29, 1959. Notices were sent out to local clinics and agencies, and a crowd of newcomers, together with the regular members, covered every square foot of seating space, including a stack of camp-stools which had been foresightedly purchased. For the first time in the history of the Seminars, it was now necessary to make financial arrangements. A charter was granted by the State of California and we became a non-profit educational corporation in May, 1960. The incorporators were Dr. Starrels, Miss Litt, Barbara Rosenfeld, and Dr. Berne. Up to that time, we had managed to absorb all our finances by adopting George, a Cretan orphan, through the Foster Parents Plan. As time passed, there were more and more people to keep in touch with, and some regular way of doing that became almost imperative. This led to the inauguration of the Bulletin in January, 1962. In order to be able to receive donations, one more step was necessary, and in September, 1962, we were certified by the Bureau of Internal Revenue as a "tax-deductible" educational organization. E. B.

SAN FRANCISCO SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY SEMINARS

AC: Active GEOGRAPHICAL LIST OF MEMBERS AL: At Large AT: Associate

(Associate Membership is open to all professional persons who apply) Northern California

(AC) Josephine Belmont, M.S.W. (AC) ,Eric Berne, M.D. (AT). _ Ibsen. Birgers (AC) Robert Birnbaum, Ph.D. - (AC) Melvin Boyce, B.S. (AT) Monte Bryan, A.B..: (AT) - Arthur Burton, Ph.D. (AT) George P. Caesar, M.D. (AC) Joseph P.' Concannon, M.S.W. (AT), C. E. Dixon (AT) Aaron M. Dotson, Capt., M.S.W.(AT) Herbert Enos, M.D. (AC) Franklin H. Ernst, M.D. (AC) Kenneth V. Everts, M.D. (AC) Howard Fradkin, Ph.D. (AT) Ethel Frapwell, Ph.D. (AL) Albert M. Frye,,Ph.D. (AL) Gordon Gritter, M.D. . (AT) Florence Hagee, M.S. (AC) Gordon Haiberg, M.D. (AL) Thomas A. Harris, M.D. (AC) Olga Houlahan, A.B. (AT) Mr. & Mrs. William J. Hurley (AC) Bernice Itkin,' B.A. (AC) George V. Jones, M.S.W. (AL) David Kupfer, Ph.D. (AL) Ben Lewis, Ph.D. (AC) Viola Litt, M.A. (AC) Marie M. Lyndon, M.S (AL) Angiolina Martini, M.A. (AC) Frances Matson, M.S.W. (AC) Paul M. McCormick; A.B. (AT) Gordon McWhirter, M.S.W. (AC) Mary Michelson, B.A. (AC) Robert Mogar, Ph.D. (AT) Sister Mary de Paul (AC) W. R. Poindexter, M.D.

657 Corbett Ave., San Francisco P.O. Box 2111, Carmel 83 Walter St., San Francisco San Francisco State College Aid Retarded Children, S. F. California Medical Facility, Vacaville Agnew State Hospital, San Jose McAuley Clinic, San Francisco U.S. Naval Hospital, Oakland 6270 Lubao Avenue, Woodland Hills Letterman Army Hospital, San Francisco 936 Dewing Avenue, Lafayette 408 Tennessee St., Vallejo 567 Panoramic Way, Berkeley San Francisco State College 2720 Capitol Ave., Sacramento . 5 Panoramic Way, Berkeley 2846 Fillmore St., San Francisco Child Guidance Clinic, Franklin St., S. F. Stockton State Hospital, Stockton 2720 Capitol Ave., Sacramento 2525 Stuart St., Berkeley P.O. Box 491, Bethel Island 805 Leavenworth St., S. F. Family Service Agency, Vallejo P.O. Box 2148, Carmel 121 Sotoyome, Santa Rosa 529-28th Street, San Francisco Fairmont Hospital, San Leandro 2524 Benvenue Ave., Berkeley CTEA, Oakland Alameda Co. Probation Department 2818 "0" St., Sacramento San Mateo Co. Adult Probation Dept. Mount Zion Psychiatric Clinic, S. F. McAuley Psychiatric Institute, S. F. 324-2nd St., Sonoma

(AC) Margaret Sainio, M.D. (AC) Eunice Schmidt, R.N. (AC) Lulu Scott, M.S.S. (AL) Robert D. Wald, M.D. (AT) Caroline Widmer, A.B. (AT) Anita Wiggins, M.A. (AT) Fred Wilder, M.D.

unny Slope, Belmont 1770 Broadway, San Francisco CTEA, Oakland Children's Hospital, San Francisco 552 Vallejo St., San Francisco 3501 Morse Ave., Sacramento St. Francis Hospital, San Francisco Southern California 450 N. Bedford, Beverly Hills Cal. Rehab. Center, Tehachapi 1045 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia 13137 Hartsook Ave., Sherman Oaks 4111 W. Alameda Ave., Burbank 9629 Brighton Way, Beverly Hills State Social Welfare Dept., L. A. Illinois Jewish Vocational Service, Chicago International House, Univ. of Chicago Kansas Department of Psychiatry, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City Michigan Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

(AL) George Bach, Ph.D. (AL) William J. Collins, M.S.W. (AL) Robert M. Hodges, M.D. (AT) James Jackson, M.D. (AT) Jack A. Jurasky, M.D. (AT) R. R. Parlour, M.D. (AL) Myra Schapps, M.S.W.

(AT) Colleen Campbell, M.A. (AL) Margaret Frings, M.S.W.

(AT) Donald C. Greaves, M.D.

(AL) Claude M. Steiner, M.A. (AT) (AL) J. C. Whitacre 11, M.D. John J. Bloding, M.D. (AL) Robert Goulding, M.D. (AT) Colin M. Slade, Ph.D. (AL) (AL) Barbara S. Rosenfeld, B.A. Alfred C. Wood, Jr., M.D.

Nebraska Nebraska Psychiatric Institute, Omaha New York The Beverly, Lexington & 50th, N.Y.C. Oregon V. A. Hospital, Roseburg V. A. Mental Hygiene Clinic, Portland Pennsylvania Women's Medical College, Philadelphia 6386 Church Road, Philadelphia Texas S.A.M. Box 2336, Brooks A.F.B. Utah Outpatient Dept., University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City Virginia William & Mary College, Richmond Washington 1323 Spring St., Seattle Canada Saskatchewan Hospital, Weyburn, Saskatchewan

(AT) David Meltzer, Capt., M.D. (AT) H. B. Fowler, M.D.

(AL) Jacqui Olson, A.B.

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(AT) Ralph M. Stolzheise, M.D. (AT) John F. Cleland, M.D.

TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS BULLETIN - Volume 1, Nos. 1-4,1%2 Name Index Adis-Castro, G. 3 7 George (Orphan) 4,14,26,38 Belmont, J. 3,19 Haiberg, G. 3 Berne, E. 3,7,8,10,12 Horowitz, M. 8 20,23,31,32 Jackson, J. 25 Birnbaum, R. M. 3,8,12,35 Kupfer, D. 9,33 Boyce, M. 3 Matson, F. 3,20,32 Burton, A. 19 McCormick, P. 9,31 Concannon, J. P. 19,20,21,31 Olson, J. 19,24 Crook-, G. H. 25 Poindexter, W. R. 3,12,19,22,31 Dent, H. 3 Rosenfeld, B. 12,37 Eazell, D. E. 35 Sagan, G. 20 Ernst, F. 3,7,19,31,32 St. Cyr, C. 37 Everts, K. 3,7,32 (pseudonym) Galewski, J. 3 Schmalle, G. 31 Steiner, C. 36 Subject Index Annual meeting, 4,38 Illustrative situation, 13 Child, dying, 13 Interventions, classification, 32 rearing, 33 Institute for Family Neurosis suicidal, 23 Research, 25 Clientism, chronic, 35 "In treatment," 10 Costa Rica, 37 Leader, identity of, 31 Depression, 20 Living problem, 23,37 Despair, 20 Los Angeles, 25,37 Educational activities, 4,15,27,39 Marijuana, 32 Existential analysis, 19 Martian approach, 31 Family intimacy, 25 Medical Group Psychoanalysts, 37 therapy, 7,31,32 Mentally retarded, 3 Games, adolescent, 8,24 Narcotics addicts, 32 constructive, 3 "No Exit" Revisited, 36 institutional, 12 Obesity, 11 "Rehab," 35 Obituary, 25 schizophrenia, 20 Observer, effect of, 36 "Take Me as I Am," 7 Organizational news, 4,14,26,38 Getting Fired, 3 Paranoid, treatment of, 21 Gestalt therapy, 20 Payroll checks, 22 Group therapy, alcoholics, 20 Personals, 4,14,26,38 in a rut, 8 Positions, classification of, 23 patients on leave, 3,19 Probation interview, 9 prisoners, 3,31 Rehabilitation, 3 private practice, 3,7,8,19, Relief clients, 3,8 31,32 Research, 13 results of, 31 Stroking, 9,36 short term, 31 Structural analysis, 33 teaching, 11 Sweden, 3 7 termination, 3 Tokyo Taxi, 23 transactional, 9 Terminology, 24 Heroin addiction, 32 Therapeutic community, 3

NEWS
COSTA RICA Dr. Gonzales Adis-Castro reports that several members of the professional staff of the Asilo Chapui in San Jose are meeting regularly for a systematic study of the literature on transactional analysis. OREGON Dr. Robert Goulding reports considerable activity in Oregon. At the V.A. Hos pital in Roseburg, he has conducted a continuous seminar since early spring 1962, primarily for nurses, some of whom are now using transactional principles in their dealings with staff and patients. A transactional marital group has been started in the out-patient clinic. He also conducted a short series for the medical staff, as sisted by a one-day workshop with E. Berne. In addition there is a weekly seminar for the Intergroup Agency of Douglas County, comprising about 50 professional workers. One seminar held at Medford for the professional workers of that area aroused sufficient interest so that this group plans to hold additional seminars on their own, using the text for study, with occasional guidance from Dr. Goulding. TEHACHAPI William Collins is using transactional analysis at the California Rehabilitation Center. Some men refer to the Parent-Adult-Child diagram as Peaches And Cream. ANNUAL MEETING The Annual Business Meeting of the San Francisco Social Psychiatry Seminars, Inc., was held on Tuesday, October 16, 1962, at 1200 Washington Street, San Francisco, following the regular scientific session. Some proposed changes in the Constitution and By-Laws were discussed, principally the establishment of Affiliate Membership for qualified people attending study groups outside the Bay Area. The newly elected Board of Directors is listed on the inside front cover of this issue. The incumbent slate of officers was re-elected as follows: Eric Berne, President of the Corporation and Chairman of the Seminars (both titles are necessary for administrative and taxation reasons); Franklin Ernst, Vice-President; Viola Litt, Secretary-treasurer; Melvin Boyce, Parliamentarian. Following these formalities, the meeting adjourned for an informal field trip. A LIVING PROBLEM "Putting Pants On Animals"

Cyprian St. Cyr

The secretary of an organization which opposed nakedness in animals justified his profession as follows: 1. His parents were moral people, and encouraged him to encourage morality. If nakedness is wicked for human beings, why is it all right for animals? Clothing animals makes them happier and less ashamed. Animals want clothing, but do not know how to ask for it. Thousands of people agree with this viewpoint, so it must be worthwhile. 2. From a rational standpoint, clothing helps to keep animals warm, and they need that as much as people do. His job is intellectually challenging, since he learns a lot about both human and animal psychology. Thus he earns a good living doing work which is socially useful and which interests him. 3. At a more archaic level, there are many satisfactions in his work, including sublimated sexual gratifications. After he had thus ably stated his case, the secretary asked: "And now tell me why you are a psychotherapist, and why you think, as you obviously do, that psy chotherapy is a more worthy pursuit than putting pants on animals?"

ORGANIZATIONAL NEWS
Transactional Analysis Bulletin, Supplement #1, has been published for the benefit of those teaching this subject clinically o r academically. It is entitled Outline For An Introductory Course In Transactional Analysis and Social Dynamics. The first edition is 13 pages in mimeograph, interleaved with blank foolscap pages for instructors' notes, giving topical headings for a course of eight lectures. So far the demand has been satisfactory. Subscriptions at $2.00 may be sent to Transactional Analysis Bulletin, P.O. Box 5747, Carmel,~ California.

ANNUAL MEETING The report of the. Annual Meeting of the San Francisco Social Psychiatry Seminars, Inc., will be found 'elsewhere in this issue. CONTRIBUTIONS DEDUCTIBLE The non-profit status of the Seminars has now been officially certified by the Bureau of Internal Revenue in San Francisco, and contributions are deductible from both Federal and State income taxes. Donation We have "received a donation of $500 from the David Tyson Foundation, Inc., which will pay part of the expenses of the Bulletin for the coming year. The Board of Directors have tendered their thanks to the Foundation, which is a private trust established by Mr. and Mrs. James Tyson. PERSONALS' Claude and Ursula Steiner have a baby daughter, born by natural childbirth, which was a novelty in their section of Michigan. Claude reports that at the age of 11 days their daughter Noemi already showed signs of developing an Adult, from which our members concluded that at this tender age Claude was already showing signs of being a fond Parent. Barbara Rosenfeld returned to California for the Christmas holidays, and visited the last seminar of the year. This was a most happy occasion for all those who had known her formerly and, for the relatively new members who had the opportunity to meet her for the first time. There was an appropriate celebration at, a field trip following the seminar. Jacqui Olsen is having an enjoyable and complicated time trying to introduce transactional analysis at William & Mary College in Virginia. Ken Everts was the host at the graduation party for 101 on December 5,.with Frances Matson and Viola Lift assisting. His beautiful house high up in the Berkeley Hills was admirably equipped for such an occasion, with every imaginable kind of recording available. George (Our sponsored orphan in Crete) . George goes barefoot in summer to save his shoes and hurt himself on a rusty nail and was confined to his bed. He is now up and about and enjoys swim ming. Times are hard because there is no employment in his district. NOW IS THE TIME TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP FOR 1963 JUST PUT YOUR CHECK IN AN ENVELOPE AND MAIL TO TAB, BOX 5747, CARMEL, CALIFORNIA so

Course 202, Applied Social Dynamics, will resume meeting every Tuesday evening at 8:30 p. m. starti ng Janu ary 15, 1963 at the office of Eric Berne, M.D., 1200 Washington Street in San Francisco. Qualified visitors are welcome. It is suggested that they check in advance by telephone, PRospect 6.4256, and they are requested not to arrive before 8:20 p.m. The proceedings for the past quarter are abstracted in this issue of the Bulle tin. During the Winter Quarter, it is anticipated that therapy groups from private practice and from various Bay Area clinics, hospitals, and institutions will be pre sented for transactional and game analysis, interspersed with special lectures and didactic-clinical discussions. The progress of the projected movie on juvenile delinquency will also be reviewed from time to time. Introductory Course The next introductory course will be offered starting February 13, 1963, open to those with a degree in the medical or social sciences who are engaged in professional work in those fields or are registered for advanced study at a recognized university or college. A Certificate of Completion will be issued on request.

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

101. Introductory Social Dynamics. A theoretical introduction to group dynamics and transactional analysis. Wednesday evenings at 8:30. Eight meetings, February 13 -April 3. Fee $40. Instructor: Dr. Berne. The course will meet at the office of Eric Berne, M.D., 1200 Washington Street, in San Francisco. The office opens at 8:20 p.m. For enrollment, write or call the Secretary, Viola Litt, 529-28th Street, San Francisco 14, telephone MIssion 8-7046 or PRospect 6-1300.

101J The ninth presentation of the Course in Introductory Social Dynamics ran for eight weeks, from October 10 to November 28. There were twenty enrollees, in cluding psychiatrists, residents, psychiatric social workers, psychiatric nurses, and correctional workers. A special feature was a delegation of students from the Rehabilitation program at San Francisco State College, marking the first attempt to teach undergraduates at the Seminars, although transactional analysis is being taught in some programs at the College itself. It is becoming evident that the course is too concentrated for such a mixed audience, and an attempt will be made to remedy this at the next offering in February. EXTRAMURAL TEACHING During the past quarter, regular teaching continued at Langley-Porter Clinic, California Medical Facility, Mendocino, DeWitt and Stockton State Hospitals, and the V.A. Hospital at Roseburg, Oregon. There was also a series of six lectures on transactional analysis for the staff of the Child Guidance Clinic and the Child Development Center at Children's Hospital. The weekly teaching of transactional group therapy at McAuley Clinic is proceeding as planned. Besides the staff of the clinic, there have been several visitors attending regularly, including Gertrude Saxton from Children's Hospital and Gene Sagan from Berkeley.

The Seminars
The San Francisco Social Psychiatry Seminars function as an educational institute for people in the broad field of social psychiatry: psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses and social workers, correctional officers, social scientists, and educators. The teaching is primarily oriented toward group therapy and group work based on transactional analysis. Research in social dynamics. is carried on as funds become available. Since there is no endowment, the Seminars, now in their sixth year, have been almost entirely supported from tuition fees. Contributions are always welcome. The Seminars are open to those with a degree in medicine or the social sciences who are engaged in professional work in those fields or are registered for advanced study at a recognized university. In certain cases, well-recommended undergraduates are eligible to attend. Professional workers are always welcome to visit the permanent clinical seminar (Course No. 202) which runs all year round, and can become Active Members, if otherwise eligible, on completion of the Introductory Course or its equivalent. Active members who leave the San Francisco area or for other. reasons cannot continue regular attendance are invited to become Members At Large ($10 per year, or $5 per year for students). They will receive the Bulletinn and retain their attendance and voting privileges. Professional workers who wish to receive the Bulletin and have the privilege of attending the Seminars whenever they are in San. Francisco may become Associate Members ($5 per year). Subscriptions to the Bulletin are available to institutions and libraries at $3 per year. The Seminars meet in mid-week at 1200 Washington Street, San Francisco. Correspondence regarding attendance should be addressed to the Secretary, San Francisco Social Psychiatry Seminars, 529-28th Street, San Francisco 14. Those desiring mail membership (At Large or Associate) may fill in the coupon below.

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