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Eric Berne

Author profile


born
in Montreal, Canada
May 10, 1910

died
July 15, 1970

gender
male

genre
Psychology, Psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis, Transactional Analysis

influences
Sigmund Freud


About this author

Eric Berne was a Canadian-born psychiatrist best known as the creator of transactional analysis. Eric was born on May 10, 1910 as Eric Lennard Bernstein in Montreal, Canada.He and his sister Grace, who was five years younger than Eric, were the children of a physician and a writer, David and Sara Gordon Bernstein.David Bernstein died in 1921, and the children were raised by their mother.

Bernstein attended Montreal's McGill University, graduating in 1931 and earning his M.D., C.M. in 1935.While at McGill he wrote for several student newspapers using pseudonyms. He followed graduation with a residency in psychiatry at Yale University, where he studied psychoanalysis under Paul Federn.

In 1943 he changed his legal name to Eric Berne.He continue...more


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Eric Berne's Books

Average rating: 3.77 · 8,097 ratings · 218 reviews · 13 distinct works · Similar authors
Games People Play
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 7,667 ratings — published 1964 — 44 editions
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What Do You Say After You S...
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 319 ratings — published 1970 — 18 editions
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Transactional Analysis in P...
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 1961 — 11 editions
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A Layman's Guide to Psychia...
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Sex in Human Loving
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1970 — 7 editions
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Beyond Games & Scripts
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 35 ratings — 6 editions
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The Structure and Dynamics ...
4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1963 — 7 editions
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Games Alcoholics Play
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4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1979
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Happy Valley
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Principles Of Group Treatment
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Quotes by Eric Berne

“The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.”
― Eric Berne
tags: birds, discrimination, equality, inspiration, life, loss-of-wonder, wisdom
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“We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs.”
― Eric Berne
tags: civilization, frogs, prince
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“Awareness requires living in the here and now, and not in the elsewhere, the past or the future.”
― Eric Berne, Games People Play
tags: awareness
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