Número 55 - Año XXIV - aespat

International Congress of Transactional Analysis 127
“FOR INTEGRATION, TO AUTONOMY”
Aims:
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS
ERIC BERNE, 1910-2010
1.–To pay tribute to Eric Berne in the centenary
of his birth.
2.–To harmonize the transactional paradigm:
object of study, methodology
and defining concepts.
3.–Augment the synergy among private,
national and international associations,
and public institutions.
4.–Expand interest in research on TA.
Definition of the congress:
The congress is a project that should hep
shape the identity of Transactional Analysis,
with all its singular characteristics, as an Introductory
letter from Francisco Massó Cantarero,
Madrid, Spain.
Dear Friends:
In my acceptance speech for the Steiner
Award presented to me by ACAT (Asociación
Catalana de Análisis Transaccional)
this summer in Barcelona, I had the audacity
to proose the celebration of a congress
in honor of Eric Berne, in anticipation of the
centenary of his birth, just four years from
now.
It’s always preferable to celebrate a birth
rather than a death, especially if there’s
need for another renaissance, as I believe
there is now.
My proposal can only be understood in
light of the fondness and respect I have for
the figure of Eric Berne, who through his
work managed to transcend himself, per-
FRANCISCO MASSÓ CANTARERO
haps despite himself, or without really aspiring
to do so. In presenting this proposal I’d
like to make clear that I have no need for
notoriety or the promotion of my practice. As
2010 is the year before my retirement (welldeserved,
I can’t help feeling at this point)
there would be little opportunity for gain at
any rate.
The attached draft arose from a combination
of my own musings and five obligatory
visits to Euroforum Infantes in El Escorial, a
beautiful and historic town just outside Madrid,
where I went to listen to the wing-beat
of the soul’s butterflies, as the Nobel laureate,
physician and neuroscientist Ramón y
Cajal called the pyramidal neurons.
I say draft because the entire document is
highly provisional, espcially if no entity with
legal sovereignty takes up the proposal and
officially launches it.
My wish is that the local TA associations
(AESPAT, ATA and ACAT) adopt it, and
bring on board the international ones (ITAA,
EATA, and ALAT) with the aim of creating a
synergy to foment the greatest degree of collaboration
possible.
The next step would be to constitute Organizational
and Scientific committees, according
to the attached plan, or any other
among the few alternatives; it’s not like we
had a lot of resources. Following that, each
person would work according to their creative
impulses, personal criteria and sense of
responsibility.
I didn’t propose myself for any post, but
I’m at the disposition of the Organizing
Committee to assume any task they might
assign me and for which I consider myself
competent.
Revista de Análisis Transaccional y Psicología Humanista