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110, SAN FRANCISCO SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY SEMINARSFOR THE STUDY OF TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSISAND SOCIAL DYNAMICS

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Pa eSCIENTIFIC PROCEEDINGS

FALL QUARTER, 1962 - - .......................................43

EDITORIAL

HISTORY OF THE SFSPS .........................................................45

LIST OF MEMBERS - .............................................46

INDEX TO VOLUME I - .............................................48

NEWS FROMABROAD - ........................................................49

A LIVING PROBLEM - . - . - - . - 49

C. St. Cyr

ORGANIZATIONAL NEWS -------------------------------------------------------5

EDUCATIONALACTIVITIES - ......................................................... 51

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TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS. BULLETINPublished Quarterly by

THE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY SEMINARS

A NON-PROFIT EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION

VOLUME 2 JANUARY 1963 NUMBER 5The Transactional Analysis Bulletin will be published quarterly to keep active

members, members at large, associate members, former students, and other interested.parties current with the scientific, educational, organizational and persona] activities ofthe San Francisco Social' Psychiatry Seminars. Subscriptions,;,are solicited frominstitutions and libraries at $3 per year (U.K. All funds received from associatememberships and subscriptions .will be 'devoted to continuing and enlarging theBulletin ..until it becomes possible to publish selected articles without the necessity forundue abbreviation. Subscriptions," enquiries, exchanges, and financial contributionsshould be 'addressed to The' Transactional Analysis Bulletin, P. O. Box 5747, Carmel,California.

Contributors

Short summaries of newly discovered transactional games or other originalobservations,,brief accounts of clinical, scientific, or teaching activities, letters to theeditor, or personal and organizational notes should be addressed to the Editor,Transactional Analysis Bulletin, at the above address. Such contributions are encouragedas the best way for members in warious parts of the country to keep in touch witheach other.

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Editorial and Circulation Assistant, Mary N. Williams

THE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY- SEMINARS

Directors 1962 - 1963

Eric Berne, M.D. George Jones, M.S.W.Melvin H. Boyce, B.S. Viola Litt, M.A.Joseph Concannon, M.S.W. Frances Matson, M.S.W.Franklin Ernst, M.D. Paul McCormick, A.B.Kenneth V. Everts, M.D. Mary Michelson, A.B.Robert Goulding, M.D. Ray Poindexter, M.D.Gordon Haiberg, M.D.

At LargeWilliam Collins, Los Angeles Myra Schapps, Los Angeles.Barbara Rosenfeld, Philadelphia Claude Steiner, Ann Arbor

Copyright 1963, San Francisco Social Psychiatry Seminars, Inc.

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FALL QUARTER - ADVANCED SEMINAR - 202 - SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 1962

The abstracts below are written for professional readers who are assumed to befamiliar 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 andPsychologists. Eric Berne: "Similarities between Transactional Analysis & ExistentialAnalysis."

This meeting, held at Letterman Army Hospital, was the first joint meeting everattempted by the Seminars. B attempted to reduce certain central existential conceptsto transactional terms. The Self may shift from one ego state to another. Encounter ispromoted 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 takenfrom which games are played. Transactional therapy has a definite structure, and thatdoes not reduce its existential significance. In the ensuing discussion, Arthur Burtonstated that patients often get better in spite of therapy. The speaker replied that theyseemed to get better in spite of transactional analysis more quickly than in spite ofother 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 thiswas discussed in conventional terms. She was invited to present it at the Seminars at alater 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 truetransactional analysis group: (1) A transactional rather than a descriptive view of thepatients; (2) An ongoing therapeutic plan for each patient; (3) A bi lateral contractualobligation between patient and therapist; (4) An actionistic approach to therapy.

(1) The brief preliminary transactional description of each patient was not only morecogent and enlightening than the usual clinical data (e.g., "A 37 year old RomanCatholic schizophrenic, the third of four siblings," etc. etc.) but was highly economicalof time and effort, and enabled the audience to predict and understand what took placeduring the session. E described T as playing Ain't It Awful, and T could then berecognized 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 thebackgrounds of T and R which were of immediate clinical significance could be deducedfrom their transactional behavior toward other members of the group.

(2) E stated clearly what he planned to do for each patient at that particularmeeting, so that the audience could judge how successful he was, which factors in thepatient's personality interfered with the ongoing plan, and where the next point ofattack should be.

(3) R wanted E to go to court in support of his claim for accident indemnity. Erefused on the grounds that this was not part of his contract, and would interfere withthe therapy. He could not be maximally effective both as a therapist and as a witness.

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(4) In the case of H, E took a similar position; he would be very reluctant to writea report for the purpose of prolonging H's pension. The, question was rather whatprevented H from giving up his pension and going to work. H tried to evade this issue, but Econfronted him repeatedly until H's maneuvers were clearlythrown 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 knowthe origin of H's need for. a pension. The other patients clearly understood E's aim andwere 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 appreciateme), If It. Weren't For Them (I could do my job properly), and Ain't It Awful (there's toomuch work, or not enough work). What would be the most desirable contribution thata consultant could make to such a group? Init ially a straight didactic presentation ofstructural analysis seemed indicated, using local examples, in order to hook their

Adults. This might lead into an. objective discussion of their games. R. Gouldingclarified the difference between group work and group therapy. The Seminar felt that Pshould 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 andpastimes, it was possible to infer the nature of some of the patients' difficulties and topredict 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, andthen 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 termsso.that the members could take up right now at the point they would not otherwisehave reached until after several months or years in the group. This aborted such games asSee 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, areplanning a film about "delinquent" girls.' They came to the Seminar for "ideas."

December 11. Joint Meeting with the' Society for the Scientific Study of HumanBehavior: "Changing Concepts of Psychic Illness and Health."

This was a symposium including an existential psychologist (A. Burton), apsychoanalyst (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." (Documentaryfilm).

This is the first time a f ilm has been shown at the Seminars. The members were

moved even from the most hard-boiled and skeptical initial attitudes to ap ;plaud bothMay's work with boy gangs and Myers' editing and cinematography.

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EDITORIALORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY OF THE SFSPS

This issue marks the fifth anniversary of the Seminars. During this period we havedeveloped in two ways: culturally and organizationally. The rapid evolution of a fairlydistinct culture in such a brief interval should be of both theoretical and practicalinterest to anthropologists, but an account of that can wait for some more opportune

moment-perhaps when we have some anthropologists among our membership. Thepresent indications are that we are going to survive. The fact that we are beginning toget in people's way and that one eminent gentleman even proposes to "eradicate" usas "weeds that blemish his creation" (S. R. Slavson, Acta psychother. 10: 62-73, 1962) isfrom a group dynamic point of view a healthy sign. If we do survive, some people in thefuture as well as in the present might wonder where we came from. The following is abrief 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. GenePrescott, a psychologist with the San Francisco Health Department, mentioned that severalof her colleagues would like to attend such a seminar if it could be given after workinghours. Dr. Berne accepted this proposal, but Dr. Steiner was unable to give theadditional 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 to13, 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 secondly,newcomers with little knowledge of the subject were mingled with more sophisticatedpeople who had been attending the meetings for a long time. It was reluctantly decidedthat some form of organization was necessary, and the proceedings were split into anintroductory course, and an advanced seminar to which only people who had completedthe introductory course would be admitted. The title of the organization was carefullychosen to avoid pretentious words like "Institute" and "Society." The first introductorycourse (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 ofnewcomers, together with the regular members, covered every square foot of seatingspace, 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 makefinancial arrangements. A charter was granted by the State of California and webecame a non-profit educational corporation in May, 1960. The incorporators wereDr. Starrels, Miss Litt, Barbara Rosenfeld, and Dr. Berne. Up to that time, we hadmanaged to absorb all our finances by adopting George, a Cretan orphan, throughthe Foster Parents Plan. As time passed, there were more and more people to keepin 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 receivedonations, one more step was necessary, and in September, 1962, we were certified bythe Bureau of Internal Revenue as a "tax-deductible" educational organization.

E. B.

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SAN FRANCISCO SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY SEMINARS

GEOGRAPHICAL LIST OF MEMBERSAC: Active 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) RobertBirnbaum, Ph.D. - (AC) MelvinBoyce, 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) FranklinH. 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) GordonGritter, M.D. . (AT) Florence Hagee,M.S. (AC) Gordon Haiberg, M.D. (AL)

Thomas A. Harris, M.D. (AC) OlgaHoulahan, A.B. (AT) Mr. & Mrs.Wil liam J. Hurley (AC) Bernice Itkin,'B.A. (AC) George V. Jones, M.S.W.(AL) David Kupfer, Ph.D. (AL) BenLewis, Ph.D. (AC) Viola Litt, M.A.(AC) Marie M. Lyndon, M.S (AL)Angiolina Martini, M.A. (AC) FrancesMatson, M.S.W. (AC) Paul M.McCormick; A.B. (AT) GordonMcWhirter, 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 FranciscoP.O. Box 2111, Carmel83 Walter St., San FranciscoSan Francisco State CollegeAid Retarded Children, S. F.California Medical Facility, VacavilleAgnew State Hospital, San Jose

McAuley Clinic, SanFrancisco U.S. Naval Hospital,Oakland6270 Lubao Avenue, Woodland HillsLetterman Army Hospital, SanFrancisco 936 Dewing Avenue,Lafayette 408 Tennessee St., Vallejo567 Panoramic Way, Berkeley SanFrancisco State College 2720 CapitolAve., Sacramento. 5 Panoramic Way,Berkeley 2846 Fillmore St., SanFranciscoChild Guidance Clinic, Franklin St., S.F. Stockton State Hospital, Stockton2720 Capitol Ave., Sacramento 2525Stuart St., Berkeley P.O. Box 491,Bethel Island 805 Leavenworth St., S.F. Family Service Agency, Vallejo P.O.Box 2148, Carmel 121 Sotoyome, SantaRosa 529-28th Street, San FranciscoFairmont Hospital, San Leandro 2524

Benvenue Ave., Berkeley CTEA,OaklandAlameda Co. ProbationDepartment 2818 "0" St.,SacramentoSan Mateo Co. Adult ProbationDept. Mount Zion Psychiatric Clinic,S. F. McAuley Psychiatric Institute,S. F. 324-2nd St., Sonoma

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(AC) Margaret Sainio, M.D.(AC) Eunice Schmidt, R.N. (AC)Lulu Scott, M.S.S. (AL) Robert D.

Wald, M.D. (AT) CarolineWidmer, A.B. (AT) AnitaWiggins, M.A. (AT) FredWilder, M.D.

(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.

(AL) Robert Goulding, M.D.(AT) Colin M. Slade, Ph.D.

(AL)(AL)

Barbara S. Rosenfeld, B.A.Alfred C. Wood, Jr. , M.D.

(AT) David Meltzer, Capt., M.D.

(AT) H. B. Fowler, M.D.

(AL) Jacqui Olson, A.B.

(AT) Ralph M. Stolzheise, M.D.

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

unny Slope, Belmont1770 Broadway, San Francisco

CTEA, Oakland

Children's Hospital, San Francisco552 Vallejo St., San Francisco 3501Morse Ave., SacramentoSt. Francis Hospital, San Francisco

Southern California450 N. Bedford, Beverly Hills Cal.Rehab. Center, Tehachapi 1045 W.Huntington Drive, Arcadia 13137Hartsook Ave., Sherman Oaks 4111 W.Alameda Ave., Burbank 9629 BrightonWay, Beverly Hills State Social WelfareDept., L. A.

Illinois

Jewish Vocational Service, ChicagoInternational House, Univ. of Chicago

KansasDepartment of Psychiatry, University of

Kansas Medical Center, Kansas CityMichigan

Department of Psychology, University ofMichigan, Ann Arbor

NebraskaNebraska Psychiatric Institute, Omaha

New YorkThe Beverly, Lexington & 50th, N.Y.C.

OregonV. A. Hospital, RoseburgV. A. Mental Hygiene Clinic, Portland

PennsylvaniaWomen's Medical College, Philadelphia 6386Church Road, Philadelphia

TexasS.A.M. Box 2336, Brooks A.F.B.

UtahOutpatient Dept., University of Utah

College of Medicine, Salt Lake City

VirginiaWilliam & Mary College, Richmond

Washington1323 Spring St., Seattle

CanadaSaskatchewan Hospital,

Weyburn, Saskatchewan

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TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS BULLETIN - Volume 1, Nos. 1-4,1%2

Name IndexAdis-Castro, G. 37 George (Orphan) 4,14,26,38 Belmont, J. 3,19 Haiberg, G. 3 Berne, E.

3,7,8,10,12 Horowitz, M. 820,23,31,32 Jackson, J. 25

Birnbaum, R. M. 3,8,12,35 Kupfer, D. 9,33Boyce, M. 3 Matson, F. 3,20,32Burton, A. 19 McCormick, P. 9,31Concannon, J. P. 19,20,21,31 Olson, J. 19,24Crook-, G. H. 25 Poindexter, W. R. 3,12,19,22,31Dent, H. 3 Rosenfeld, B. 12,37Eazell, D. E. 35 Sagan, G. 20Ernst, F. 3,7,19,31,32 St. Cyr, C. 37Everts, K. 3,7,32 (pseudonym)Galewski, J. 3 Schmalle, G. 31

Steiner, C. 36

Subject Index

Annual meeting, 4,38 Illustrative situation, 13Child, dying, 13 Interventions, classification, 32

rearing, 33 Institute for Family Neurosissuicidal, 23 Research, 25

Clientism, chronic, 35 "In treatment," 10Costa Rica, 37 Leader, identity of, 31Depression, 20 Living problem, 23,37Despair, 20 Los Angeles, 25,37Educational activities, 4,15,27,39 Marijuana, 32Existential analysis, 19 Martian approach, 31Family intimacy, 25 Medical Group Psychoanalysts, 37

therapy, 7,31,32 Mentally retarded, 3Games, adolescent, 8,24 Narcotics addicts, 32 constructive, 3 "No Exit" Revisited, 36

insti tutional, 12 Obesity, 11 "Rehab," 35 Obituary, 25 schizophrenia, 20Observer, effect of, 36 "Take Me as I Am," 7

Organizational news, 4,14,26,38Getting Fired, 3 Paranoid, treatment of, 21Gestalt therapy, 20 Payroll checks, 22Group 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, 3private practice, 3,7,8,19, Relief clients, 3,8

31,32 Research, 13 results of, 31 Stroking, 9,36 shortterm, 31 Structural analysis, 33 teaching, 11 Sweden, 37 termination, 3 TokyoTaxi, 23 transactional, 9 Terminology, 24

Heroin addiction, 32 Therapeutic community, 3

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NEWSCOSTA RICA

Dr. Gonzales Adis-Castro reports that several members of the professional staff ofthe Asilo Chapui in San Jose are meeting regularly for a systematic study of theliterature on transactional analysis.

OREGONDr. Robert Goulding reports considerable activity in Oregon. At the V.A. Hospital

in Roseburg, he has conducted a continuous seminar since early spring 1962, primarilyfor nurses, some of whom are now using transactional principles in their dealings withstaff and patients. A transactional marital group has been started in the out-patientclinic. He also conducted a short series for the medical staff, assisted by a one-dayworkshop with E. Berne. In addition there is a weekly seminar for the Intergroup Agencyof Douglas County, comprising about 50 professional workers. One seminar held atMedford for the professional workers of that area aroused sufficient interest so thatthis group plans to hold additional seminars on their own, using the text for study,with occasional guidance from Dr. Goulding.

TEHACHAPIWilliam Collins is using transactional analysis at the California Rehabilitation

Center. Some men refer to the Parent-Adult-Child diagram as Peaches And Cream.

ANNUAL MEETINGThe 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 andBy-Laws were discussed, principally the establishment of Affiliate Membership forqualified people attending study groups outside the Bay Area. The newly electedBoard of Directors is listed on the inside front cover of this issue. The incumbent slate ofofficers was re-elected as follows: Eric Berne, President of the Corporation and Chairmanof 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. CyrThe 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 knowhow to ask for it. Thousands of people agree with this viewpoint, so it must beworthwhile.

2. From a rational standpoint, clothing helps to keep animals warm, and they needthat as much as people do. His job is intellectually challenging, since he learns a lot aboutboth human and animal psychology. Thus he earns a good living doing work which issocially useful and which interests him.

3. At a more archaic level, there are many satisfactions in his work, includingsublimated sexual gratifications.

After he had thus ably stated his case, the secretary asked: "And now tell me whyyou are a psychotherapist, and why you think, as you obviously do, that psy-

chotherapy is a more worthy pursuit than putting pants on animals?"

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ORGANIZATIONAL NEWS

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

ANNUAL MEETINGThe 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 theBureau of Internal Revenue in San Francisco, and contributions are deductible from bothFederal and State income taxes.

DonationWe have "received a donation of $500 from the David Tyson Foundation, Inc., which

wil l pay part of the expenses of the Bul let in for the coming year. The Board ofDirectors have tendered their thanks to the Foundation, which is a private trustestablished 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 11days their daughter Noemi already showed signs of developing an Adult, from whichour members concluded that at this tender age Claude was already showing signs ofbeing a fond Parent.

Barbara Rosenfeld returned to California for the Christmas holidays, and visited thelast seminar of the year. This was a most happy occasion for all those who had known herformerly and, for the relatively new members who had the opportunity to meet herfor the first time. There was an appropriate celebration at, a field trip following theseminar.

Jacqui Olsen is having an enjoyable and complicated time trying to introducetransactional analysis at William & Mary College in Virginia.

Ken Everts was the host at the graduation party for 101 on December 5,.withFrances Matson and Viola Lift assisting. His beautiful house high up in the Berkeley Hillswas admirably equipped for such an occasion, with every imaginable kind of recordingavailable.

George(Our sponsored orphan in Crete) .

George goes barefoot in summer to save his shoes and hurt himself on a rusty nailand was confined to his bed. He is now up and about and enjoys swimming. Times arehard because there is no employment in his district.

NOW IS THE TIME TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP FOR 1963JUST PUT YOUR CHECK IN AN ENVELOPE AND MAIL TO TAB,

BOX 5747, CARMEL, CALIFORNIA

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EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIESCourse 202, Applied Social Dynamics, will resume meeting every Tuesday evening

at 8:30 p.m. starting January 15, 1963 at the office of Eric Berne, M.D.,1200 Washington Street in San Francisco. Qualified visitors are welcome. It is suggested thatthey check in advance by telephone, PRospect 6.4256, and they are requested not to arrivebefore 8:20 p.m.

The proceedings for the past quarter are abstracted in this issue of the Bulletin.

During the Winter Quarter, it is anticipated that therapy groups from private practiceand from various Bay Area clinics, hospitals, and institutions will be presented fortransactional and game analysis, interspersed with special lectures and didactic-clinicaldiscussions. The progress of the projected movie on juvenile delinquency will also bereviewed from time to time.

Introductory CourseThe 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 professionalwork in those fields or are registered for advanced study at a recognized universityor college. A Certificate of Completion will be issued on request.

101. Introductory Social Dynamics. A theoretical introduction to groupdynamics and transactional analysis. Wednesday evenings at 8:30. Eightmeetings, February 13 -April 3. Fee $40. Instructor: Dr. Berne.

The course will meet at the office of Eric Berne, M.D., 1200 WashingtonStreet, in San Francisco. The office opens at 8:20 p.m.

For enrollment, write or call the Secretary, Viola Litt, 529-28th Street, SanFrancisco 14, telephone MIssion 8-7046 or PRospect 6-1300.

101JThe ninth presentation of the Course in Introductory Social Dynamics ran for eight

weeks, from October 10 to November 28. There were twenty enrollees, includingpsychiatrists, residents, psychiatric social workers, psychiatric nurses, and correctionalworkers. A special feature was a delegation of students from the Rehabilitation programat San Francisco State College, marking the first attempt to teach undergraduates at the

Seminars, although transactional analysis is being taught in some programs at theCollege itself. It is becoming evident that the course is too concentrated for such amixed audience, and an attempt will be made to remedy this at the next offering inFebruary.

EXTRAMURAL TEACHING

During the past quarter, regular teaching continued at Langley-Porter Clinic,California Medical Facility, Mendocino, DeWitt and Stockton State Hospitals, and theV.A. Hospital at Roseburg, Oregon. There was also a series of six lectures on transactionalanalysis for the staff of the Child Guidance Clinic and the Child Development Centerat Children's Hospital. The weekly teaching of transactional group therapy at

McAuley Clinic is proceeding as planned. Besides the staff of the clinic, there havebeen several visitors attending regularly, including Gertrude Saxton from Children'sHospital and Gene Sagan from Berkeley.

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The Seminars

The San Francisco Social Psychiatry Seminars function as an educationalinstitute 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 towardgroup therapy and group work based on transactional analysis. Research insocialdynamics. is carried on as funds become available. Since there is noendowment, 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 thesocial sciences who are engaged in professional work in those fields orare registered for advanced study at a recognized university. In certain cases,well-recommended undergraduates are eligible to attend. Professionalworkers are always welcome to visit the permanent clinical seminar(Course No. 202) which runs all year round, and can become ActiveMembers, if otherwise eligible, on completion of the Introductory Courseor its equivalent.

Active members who leave the San Francisco area or for other.reasons cannot continue regular attendance are invited to becomeMembers At Large ($10 per year, or $5 per year for students). They willreceive the Bulletinn and retain their attendance and voting privileges.

Professional workers who wish to receive the Bulletin and have theprivilege of attending the Seminars whenever they are in San. Franciscomay become Associate Members ($5 per year). Subscriptions to theBulletin are available to institutions and libraries at $3 per year.

The Seminars meet in mid-week at 1200 Washington Street, SanFrancisco. Correspondence regarding attendance should be addressed to the

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