Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy ()

Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy (Paperback)

Eric Berne

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The classic psychoanalysis text by Dr Eric Berne.

It was only after Dr Eric Berne's Games People Play became in international bestseller in 1964, that transactional analysis, his highly original and innovative approach to psychotherapy, attained wide recognition outside the United States. Over the past forty-five years, however, the principles and practice of 't.a.' have intrigued not only professional therapists but all those who seek to understand human personality and the peculiarities of human relationships.

Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy, the book in which he first laid out the principles of his method, has become a classic in its field and is now available to a new generation of readers.

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£14.99

ISBN: 9780285647763

Imprint: Souvenir Press

Subject: Arts, Language & Literature, Health & Wellbeing

Reviews for Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy

'Lays down the principles of transactional analysis in practical schematic terms which often makes them sound improbably, almost quaint in their simplicity... Its simplicity is one of its most attractive features.'

 New Psychiatry

'Eric Berne is always refreshing... a very suitable introduction.'

 Journal of Analytical Psychology

'A clear detailed account of the theory and practice of Transactional Analysis and of its relationship to psychoanalysis which he likens to that of an apple to its core.'

 New Society

Eric Berne

Eric Berne

Eric Berne (May 10, 1910 – July 15, 1970) was a Canadian-born psychiatrist who created the theory of transactional analysis as a way of explaining human behaviour.

Berne's theory of transactional analysis was based on the ideas of Freud but was distinctly different. Freudian psychotherapists focused on talk therapy as a way of gaining insight to their patient's personalities. Berne believed that insight could be better discovered by analysing patients' social transactions. Berne was the first psychiatrist to apply game theory to the field of psychiatry.