Afterburn (psychotherapy) Afterburn (psychotherapy) Afterburn is a psychological term coined by Eric Berne, who defined it as "the period of time before a past event is assimilated". Eric Berne, the founding father of transactional analysis, used the term "afterburn" to indicate the effect an atypical past event continues to exert on a person's daily schedule, activities and mental state even "after" it is over: to "those occasions when it disturbs normal patterns for an appreciable period, rather than being assimilated into them or excluded from them by repression and other psychological mechanisms". For Berne, afterburn is the flip side of reachback, which
PsyAnima, Dubna Psychological Journal PsyAnima, Dubna Psychological Journal PsyAnima, Dubna Psychological Journal was a scientific journal that published articles on psychological theory, history, methodology, as well as empirical studies. Known mainly for the articles about Lev Vygotsky and his legacy and in cultural-historical psychology. The journal was founded in 2008 under the auspices of University "Dubna", Russia as a publication vehicle for local psychologists as well as for those not connected with this institution, including international audience of readers and authors. Until the end of 2011 journal published materials in Russian with English abstracts, but later switched to parallel multilingual publications. Journal published scholarly