Games people play : the psychology of human relationships / by Eric Berne. [print]

By:

Berne, Eric [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780345410030

Other title:

Psychology of human relationships

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

HM1106.B525.G364 1964

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Contents:

PART 1: Analysis of games. Structural analysis -- Transactional analysis -- Procedures and rituals -- Pastimes -- Games --

PART 2: A thesaurus of games. Life games -- Marital games --

PARTy games -- Sexual games -- Underworld games -- Consulting room games -- Good games --

PART 3: Beyond games. The significance of games -- The players -- A paradigm -- Autonomy -- The attainment of autonomy -- After games, what?

Subject: Eric Berne developed the technique of transactional analysis in group therapy, and here presents his findings to the general public in a witty and entertaining best-seller. He shows how people can achieve a new self-awareness by analyzing their behavior in terms of "games." People tend to live their lives by consistently playing out certain games in their interpersonal relationships. They play these games for a variety of reasons: to avoid confronting reality, to conceal ulterior motives, to rationalize their activities, or to avoid actual participation. These games--if they are not destructive--are both desirable and necessary, and here Dr. Berne offers an analysis of 36 common games, which he breaks down into seven major categories.--Adapted from publisher description.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library Circulating Collection - First Floor	Non-fiction	HM1106.B525.G364 1964 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923000355756

Includes bibliographical references.

PART 1: Analysis of games. Structural analysis -- Transactional analysis -- Procedures and rituals -- Pastimes -- Games --

PART 2: A thesaurus of games. Life games -- Marital games --

PARTy games -- Sexual games -- Underworld games -- Consulting room games -- Good games --

PART 3: Beyond games. The significance of games -- The players -- A paradigm -- Autonomy -- The attainment of autonomy -- After games, what?

Eric Berne developed the technique of transactional analysis in group therapy, and here presents his findings to the general public in a witty and entertaining best-seller. He shows how people can achieve a new self-awareness by analyzing their behavior in terms of "games." People tend to live their lives by consistently playing out certain games in their interpersonal relationships. They play these games for a variety of reasons: to avoid confronting reality, to conceal ulterior motives, to rationalize their activities, or to avoid actual participation. These games--if they are not destructive--are both desirable and necessary, and here Dr. Berne offers an analysis of 36 common games, which he breaks down into seven major categories.--Adapted from publisher description.