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During 1929 the weekly evenings for discussion were continued. Part of the time was devoted to the discussion of therapeutic problems in connection with cases under treatment by members of the Society, who submitted them for consideration. In addition certain meetings were set apart for theoretical subjects, opportunity being thus afforded for the discussion of recent psycho-analytical writings. During the Winter Term a seminar was held for the purpose of making a thorough study of Freud's metapsychology.
Certain guests had a standing invitation to attend the meetings on questions of theory. Such invitations were issued for the most part to medical students at an advanced stage in their training, who had already attended for several terms the lectures and seminars arranged by the Leipzig Branch under Frau Dr. Benedek. The students' seminar in the Winter Term discussed The Ego and the Id.
During the year the following members of the Leipzig Branch have lectured on psycho-analytical subjects:—
Frau Dr. Benedek: Rudiments of a psycho-analytical theory of character.
Herr Tore Ekmann: Contributions to psycho-analytical criminology.
Herr Herm. Ranft: Psycho-analysis and the choice of a profession.
At the invitation of Professor Krüger (Head of the Leipzig University) Dr. Herbert Weigel gave the following two lectures at the Psychological Institute of the University:—
November 25, 1929. The Foundations of Psycho-Analysis.
December 9, 1929. Psycho-Analysis as a Therapeutic Method.
A series of discussions for teachers was held at the Institute for Experimental Pedagogy and Psychology, belonging to the Teachers' Union. Under the guidance of Herr Ranft twenty-two seminars were held, dealing mainly with problems of punishment in the light of psycho-analytical writings on the subject.