Eric Berne
Eric Berne
Eric Bernewas a Canadian-born psychiatrist who, in the middle of the 20th century, created the theory of transactional analysis as a way of explaining human behavior . Berne’s theory of transactional analysis was based on the ideas of Freud but were 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 analyzing patients’ social transactions. Berne was among the first psychiatrists to apply...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPsychologist
Date of Birth10 May 1910
CountryUnited States of America
We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs.