Eric Berne was a Canadian psychiatrist and served in WWII (1910-1970). After 15 years of psychoanalytic study, he was refused admission to San Francisco Analytic Institute and gave up psychoanalysis to create his own method of examining the unconscious mind, using Freudian ideas as a base for an 'insight' therapy style. He divided 'transactions' (any communication that occurs between people) into three states: 'parent', 'adult' and 'child'. 'Transactions' that are unaware or unconscious, he called 'games'. His book 'Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy' (1961) brought TA to a wide professional audience, extending the method into group therapy. 'Games People Play - The Psychology of Human Relationships' became a best seller when launched in 1964. In 'Games People Play'.
Other books by this author:
- The Mind in Action; 1947
- The Structures and Dynamics of Organizations and Groups; 1961
- Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy; 1961; .
- Games People Play: the Psychology of Human Relations; 1964
- Principles of Group Treatment; 1966
- The Happy Valley; 1968,
- Sex in Human Loving; 1970.
- A Layman's Guide to Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis (Paperback); 1975
- What Do You Say After You Say Hello?; 1973;
- A Montreal Childhood; 2010,
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