Games people play : the psychology of human relationships /
Eric Berne.
- 173 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Originally published: New York : Grove Press, 1964 ; London : Deutsch, 1966. Includes index.
Introduction -- Pt. 1. Analysis of games: 1. Structureal analysis -- 2. Transactional analysis -- 3. Procedures and rituals -- 4. Pastimes -- 5. Games -- Pt. 2. A thesaurus of games: Introduction -- 6. Life games -- 7. Marital games -- 8. Party games -- 9. Sexual games -- 10. Underworld games -- 11. Consulting room games -- 12. Good games -- Pt. 3. Beyond games: 13. The significance of games -- 14. The players -- 15. A paradigm -- 16. Autonomy -- 17. The atainment of autonomy -- 18. After games, what? -- Appendix: The classification of behaviour.
This book is primarily designed to be a sequel to the book Transactional analysis in psychotherapy (Evergreen, 1961) but has been planned so that it can be read and understood independently. The theory necessary for the analysis and clear understanding of games has been summarised in Part 1. Part 2 contains descriptions of the individual games and Part 3 contains new clinical and theoretical material which, added to the old, makes it possible to understand to some extent what it means to be game-free.