Enlightened Garderner

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We seldom have any clue that a life-changing event is waiting in the wings. The experience that was to forever change my life and career, the lives of three close colleagues, and, some would say, the entire field of psychology, began with a chance conversation. A year later, in the spring of 1968, that experience resumed with an unportentous transatlantic flight and the events that followed.

As a practicing psychologist, I have always looked forward with great anticipation to learning what is new in my field. To this end, I was on my way from my Denver home to a conference in England in early June. My wife, Norma, had stayed behind to treat herself and her mother to a music festival they had been looking forward to for months. Traveling with me were Dr. Tom Newman, who also practiced in Denver; Dr. Peter Richards, a long-time friend who worked in a clinic in New Jersey; and last, but not least, my very dear friend, Dr. Janet Maxwell, who worked mainly as a marriage counselor in Phoenix.

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