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
Paul Bernard, Psychiatrist stations). Paul Bernard, Psychiatrist Paul Bernard, Psychiatrist is a Canadian dramatic television series which aired on CBC Television from 1971 to 1972. Each episode portrayed a patient's appointment with psychiatrist Paul Bernard (Chris Wiggins) at his office. The patient, typically female, would lie on the doctor's couch and reveal her thoughts in keeping with the practices of psychoanalysis. Patients often reappeared on the series for approximately monthly follow-up visits. Script material was derived from Canadian Mental Health Association patient histories. The series was produced by Michael Spivak ("Science International") as a joint effort of his Jaylar Productions and Fremantle International