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Personal Encounters with a Flawed Genius: Eric Berne

Pages 205-211
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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The author describes some of her personal transactions with Eric Berne before and after training at the Carmel TA Institute in 1964; the role of her mentor, David Kupfer, in sustaining her after some of the difficulties she had with Berne; and her retroactive “analysis” of Berne's three ego states as she had experienced them in action.

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Fanita English

Fanita English, M.S.W., TSTA, is a two-time winner of the Eric Berne Award from the ITAA and the 2010 Gold Medal from the European TA Association. She has concluded 38 years of conducting workshops in Europe and now plans to offer consultation services at 1, Baldwin Ave. San Mateo, CA 94401, U.S.A.; e-mail: