Catllexis Institute is an educational organization with elllpl~asis o~1 re-<br >searctl and experimentation in tl~e genesis and treatment of incapaci-<br >tating psychiatric disturbances. One of the uilique cl~aracteristics of tl~e<br >organization is tlle free flow of ideas and observations belween patients<br >and staff， and the very active investment of patients in identifying ll~e<br >cllaracteristics and confrontation of those problems we researcll. We<br >wisl~ to express deep appreciation to all tl~ose wl~) l~ave co~lributed Io<br >our understanding.<br > Althougll tllis inaterial was developed over several years， it was<br >mos{ly written in an intensive write-in weekend. Participants in tllat<br >weekend were J. Fishman， K. Mellor， A. Schiff， J. Schiff， S. ScllitT， T.<br >Steckel， and T. Wilson. All are professional stuff members of Cathexis<br >ll~stitute with tile exception of A. Schiff， wile is on tile staff o1 Rocky<br >Mountain Transactional Analysis Institute.<br > It was llot our purpose to include colnprehensive discussion of ally<br >of tl~e issues presented. Rather， we hoped to present an outline of our<br >ideas in a fl)rm sufficiently coherent to be useful to otiler professionals，<br >and to protect our copyrights so that we may freely teacl~ tllese ideas<br >and techniques. It is our expectatio~l tllal most of ti~e ~naterial<br >presented llere will be developed further eitller in book tk)rln c)r in pr~>-<br >fessional publications.<br > Transactional Analysis is our prinlary l ranle of ret ereilcc， and ill 1lle<br >interest of conciseness we have assumed some rudi~e~tary exposure t~<br >transactional analysis concepts by our readers. Wl~ile our major tk~cus is<br >on the treatlne~t of severe (incapacitating) psycl~iatric dis~)rders， ~)t~-<br >own experience and tl~e experience of many others ulilizi~g this<br > vii<br >