Games People Play: The Basic Handbook of Transactional Analysis. Paperback
Author: Eric Berne - ISBN: 0345410033 - Language: English - Format: PDF, EPUB
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“An important book . . . a brilliant, amusing, and clear catalogue of the psychological theatricals that human beings play over and over again.”
–KURT VONNEGUT, Life magazine
–KURT VONNEGUT, Life magazine
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Dr. Eric Berne, as the originator of transactional analysis, has attained recognition for developing one of the most innovative approaches to modern psychotherapy. Discover how many of these "secret games" you play everyday of your life: Iwfy (If it weren't for you); Sweetheart; Threadbare; Harried; Alcoholic, and many more. A groundbreaking book that bores deep into the heart of all our relationships, GAMES PEOPLE PLAY is a classic that should be read again and again.
From the Paperback edition.
From the Paperback edition.
DETAILS
- Paperback: 216 pages
- Publisher: Ballantine Books (August 27, 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0345410033
- ISBN-13: 978-0345410030
- Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,979 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2 in Books > Medical Books > Psychology > Developmental Psychology
- #3 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Psychology & Counseling > Developmental Psychology
- #27 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Mental Health > Emotions
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"Thank Psyche," that this 1963 classic is still in print. (600,000 copies; N.Y.Times best-seller list for two years.) It's not trendy and forgettable, it's timeless and fascinating. (Here are our human "GAMES" such as "Kick Me," "Ain't It Awful," and "Happy to Help")
But two more subtle pleasures (which the other reviewers here have not yet mentioned) are the doctor's wry WIT-plus real WISDOM.
His thesis is uncompromising. Dr. Berne shows we play "games" taught us by our warped childhood, or the world and culture. Rock-bottom: "Because there is so little opportunity for intimacy in daily life, and because some forms of intimacy (especially if intense) are psychologically impossible for most people, the bulk of the time in serious social life is taken up with playing games. Hence games are both necessary and desirable, and the only problem at issue is whether the games played by an individual offer the best yield for him." Specifically, Berne says we should discard bad psychological games (based on invalid old life-scripts from the past), in favor of the better social games. (And indeed, the games seem giddily-toxic, especially "Look How Hard I've Tried," "See What You Made Me Do," and "I'm Only Trying To Help You")
So alas, for the intimacy-fearful MANY people, the goal-in-life is to cure the "sick" games, and then just play the non-pathological ones. But, for a FEW fortunates, the open-calm-easy-natural responsiveness of truer psychological maturity IS possible. Berne names it "autonomy." It comprises awareness, spontaneity, and intimacy.
Okay. Skim or skip the theoretical Part ONE. But savor the 106 games in the story-time Part TWO.
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