This text was presented as the acceptance speech for the 2015 Eric Berne Memorial Award during the ITAA Conference in Sydney, Australia. In addition to thanking the usual suspects, the speech mainly reflects on two aspects of the importance of this award. One is Eric Berne’s creative and provocative writing style, which left a huge legacy, and the other is the process of lack of integration he left with his early death.
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