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In July 1944, when Sylvia Payne became President, a new Training Committee was elected which did not include Miss Freud. Training, therefore, continued as before. But most people were unhappy with the situation. In 1945, Sylvia Payne and Anna Freud started a dialogue to explore the conditions under which Miss Freud and her colleagues could take part in training, even if it meant running two parallel courses of training in the Society.
It should be noted however, that while there was disagreement concerning what should be included in the syllabus, who should teach it, and what clinical approach should be passed on to the students, there was general agreement concerning training requirements, the frequency and length of the training and supervised analyses, and the organization of training along the lines recommended by Eitingon in 1925.
In June 1946 the Society agreed in principle to the introduction of two parallel courses to be referred to as Course A, which would continue to be organized as formerly, teachers being drawn from all groups, and Course B, which would teach technique along the lines supported by Miss Freud and her colleagues. An Ad Hoc Committee on training was set up (consisting of Sylvia Payne (Chairman), John Bowlby (Secretary), Anna Freud, Willi Hoffer, Melanie Klein, Susan Isaacs, Adrian Stephen, and John Rickman) to work on the details, and in November 1946 the following arrangements were agreed:
There should be one Training Committee responsible for all
matters regarding the selection, training, and qualification of students.
Students could opt to take Course A or Course B, the latter being run according to the wishes of Miss Freud's Group.
Lectures and seminars other than those on technique would be common to all students.
Students would attend clinical and technical seminars taken by analysts from their own course. They could attend as guests those taken by members of the other course.
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