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
Eric Fraser (Canadian football) Mid-American Conference. Eric Fraser (Canadian football) Eric Fraser (born May 5, 1987) is a professional Canadian football defensive back for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted as the eighth overall selection by the Calgary Stampeders in the first round of the 2009 CFL Draft. He was selected in the 2013 CFL expansion draft by the Ottawa Redblacks and played one season for the team before signing with his hometown Lions on July 14, 2015. He played high school football at Burnaby Central Secondary School and played college football for the Central Michigan University Chippewas