Fanita English A Therapist s life and work

From psychoanalysis to transactional analysis and Gestalt therapy

Sigrid Röhl

• Publisher: Books on Demand
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9783754332504
• eBook ISBN: 9783754382516
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: History & Theory in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

The book tells the exciting story of the life (more than 100 years) and work of an extraordinary woman, Fanita English, therapist, consultant and author. 1916 born in a Jewish family, grown up in Rumania, Turkey, educated in Great Britain and France, escaped from the Nazis and migration to America, working as psychoanalyst and changing to Gestalt therapy and TA, which she influenced by important ideas and concepts. The book also allows a look at some of the new therapeutic directions of the past century like Psychoanalysis, Gestalt therapy, family therapy, group dynamics.

Appendix

Index of explained terms

Bibliography

Short information about TA and TA organizations

List of Photos

Index of explained terms

Burnout →

Co-dependence →

Concept of motivators →

Contract →

Drama triangle →/→

Ego states: Child, Adult, Parent →, →, →

Episcript →

Hot potato →

OK- positions →

Phobia →

Racket, racketeering, →, →

Redecision therapy, script- decision →

Rogers, Carl →

Script →, →

Shame and substitute feelings →

Stroke →

Substitute feelings, substitute behavior →, →, →

Survival conclusion →, →

Tavistock →

Transactions, crossed →

Transactions, exploitative →, →

Type 1 “undersure”, Type 2 “oversure” →, →

Type 1- violence →

Type and OK-positions →

Type and role →

Yale method →

Bibliography

This bibliography is based on data from Joachim Karnath, CONTRACT.

Online: www.fanita-english.com & http://www.fanita-english.com/bibliography/bibliographical-overview.html (7-23-2021)

Under the tab “Legacy Project” (Karnath, CONTRACT) you can find Fanita English´s major contributions to TA, most of which are available as downloads.

http://www.fanita-english.com/bibliography/the-legacy-project.html(7-23-2021)

English publications

1. Books

English F (1977) What shall I do tomorrow? (7-23-2021) In: Barnes G (Ed): Transactional Analysis after Eric Berne. Harper‘s College Press, New York. 287-352

English F (1977) Rackets and Racketeering as the Root of Games. (7-23-2021) In: Blakeney R N (Ed): Current Issues in Transactional Analysis. Brunner Mazel, New York. 3-28

English F (1977-78) Beyond Script Analysis. In: Moiso C (Ed): T.A. in Europe. E.A.T.A..11-17

English F (1995) A Pair as Archetype for the self: Address to Ulysses and Penelope. In: Brothers B J (Ed): Power and Partnering. Haworth Press, New York. 141-156 / co-published in: Journal of Couples Therapy - Vol.5, No. 1/2

Online:

https://www.google.de/books/edition/Power_and_Partner-ing/emkYOV1yiXQC?hl=de&gbpv=1&dq=Englosh,+Fani-ta:+(1995)+„A+Pair+as+Archetype+for+the+self:+Address+to+Ulys-ees+and+Penelope”&pg=PA141&printsec=frontcover (7-23-2021)

English F (2003) How are You and How am I? - Ego States and Inner Motivators. (7-23-2021). In: Sills C, Hargaden H (Ed): Ego States - Key Concepts in Transactional Analysis. Worth Publishing, London. 55-72

2. Articles

English F (1969) Episcript and the “Hot Potatoe” Game. (7-23-2021) TAB (later: TAJ) 8, 32. 77-82

English F (1971) The Substitution Factor. (7-23-2021) TAJ 1,4. 225-230

English F (1971) Strokes in the Credit Bank . (7-23-2021) TAJ 1,3. 27 f

English F (1972) Rackets and Real Feelings. Part II. TAJ 2,1. 23-25

English F (1972) Sleepy, Spunky and Spooky. (7-23-2021) TAJ 2,2. 64-67

English F (1973) Transactional Analysis and Script Analysis Today (7-23-2021) In: Psychology Today, April 1973. 10 ff

English F (1975) Shame and Social Control. (7-23-2021) TAJ 5,1

English F (1975) The Three-Cornered Contract. (7-23-2021) TAJ 5,4. 383 ff

English F (1976) The Heroine’s Progress - Movement from Script to Treatment. (7-23-2021) Presentation at TA summer conference 1971, 5 pages. In: English F: Selected Articles. Eastern Institute for TA and Gestalt, Philadelphia

English F (1976) Racketeering. TAJ 6,1. 78-81

English F (1976) Differentiating Victims in the Drama Triangle. (7-23-2021) TAJ 6, 4. 384-386

English F (1976) The Fifth Position. In Grayson H: New Directions in Psychotherapy. Human Sciences Press, New York. Co-published in: Voices Journal of the American Academy of Psychotherapists/ Spring 1976,1/43. 29-35

English F (1977) Let’s not claim it script when it ain’t. TAJ 7,2. 130-138

English F (1979) Love as a Racket. (7-23-2021) Talk on receiving the Berne Award. TAJ 9. 90-97

English F (1981) Letters to John McNeel, editor, TAJ and Dr. Eric Berne. (7-23-2021) TAJ 11,1. 46-49

English F (1983) Beyond Script Analysis. EATA Newsletter 1983/18

English F (1987) Power, Mental Energy and Inertia. TAJ 17,3. 91-98

English F (1988) Whither Scripts? (7-23-2021) TAJ 18,4. 294-303

English F (1992) My Time is More Precious Than Your Strokes: New Perspectives on Time Structure. (7-23-2021) TAJ 22,1. 32-42

English F (1994) The Human Quest for Truth. TAJ 24. 291-292

English F (1994) Shame and Social Control Revisited. TAJ 24. 109-120

English F (1995) To be a therapist? (7-23-2021) TAJ 25,1. 19-24

English F (1995) Commentary (on Life Positions). TAJ 25,3. 239

English F (1996) Berne, Phobia, Episcripts and Racketeering. TAJ 26,2. 122-134

English F (1996) The Lure of Fundamentalism TAJ 26,1. 23-30

English F (1997) Scripts and episcripts. Keynote speech presented at the designated conference of the ITAA at Coimbatore, India

English F Hamilton L (1997) Interview with Laurie Hamilton. In: The Script, April 1997 -re Eric Berne Award

English F (1998) On Receiving the 1997 Eric Berne Award for Hot Potatoe Transmissions and Episcripts. TAJ 28,1.10

English F (2001) Family Influences and Unco...

Table of contents

• About the author
• Table of Contents
• Foreword by Elana Leigh
• Author’s foreword
• San Mateo, Summer 2000
• One grandfather, two mothers and a distant dad
• Two marriage arrangements
• A strange family
• Free as a gypsy
• Very British: School days in Istanbul
• When love suffocates
• Who is General Feeling?
• Viennese German
• Into the wide world
• A writing phobia and a well-paid job
• Mourning forbidden and a prince in the office
• Getting out of Romania
• Summer in La Rochelle
• Escape from Paris
• A transit visa for the USA
• No tango in Argentina
• Feeling at home in New York
• No man to marry
• Brian and Deirdre
• Ridge farm
• Psychoanalysis and no end
• Berne’s favorite game
• Help first, ask later
• Perls’ “Hot Seat”
• Grumpy old man
• Harry Segenreich helps further
• Being okay, but grown-up!
• Autonomous instead of independent
• The smile didn’t fit
• Why does a child crawl?
• Jacqui Schiff and her children
• How I work
• A great love
• The soul in India
• Culture - a part of us
• Brian’s death
• Back to Europe
• TA work in Germany
• Stories can help
• Afterword of Fanita English
• Sigrid Röhl: a personal note
• A comment from Bill Cornell
• Appendix
• Thanks
• Copyright