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This article describes Eric Berne’s experience of loss in relation to three specific aspects of his life: the death of his father, his experience of anti-Semitism, and his rejection by the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute. The possible implications of these losses for both Berne and transactional analysis theory are considered with the aim of informing transactional analysis practitioners about the most important losses, turning points, and challenges he faced.

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Ann Heathcote

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Ann Heathcote, BSc (Hons) Psych, Certified Transactional Analyst (psychotherapy), is director of The Worsley Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling and a writer. She can be contacted at The Worsley Centre, 50 Bridgewater Road, Worsley M28 3AE, Manchester, United Kingdom; email: . This article began as a keynote speech delivered at the North West Regional TA Conference in Manchester, United Kingdom, on 16 June 2012. The author is grateful to Bill Cornell, Paul Heathcote, Birgitta Heiller, Mick Landaiche, Marco Mazzetti, Jamie McDowell, Steff Oates, Carol Solomon, and Keith Tudor for their thoughtful suggestions and constructive feedback on earlier drafts of the article.