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Eric Berne asks why people repeat acts that harm their bonds. They may want to be close yet fail to work together. They may also fail to meet real needs. He calls these hidden patterns psychological games. Some pass through families and bring pain or tragedy.

This book on psychology helps readers grasp their own acts and those of others. It looks at three roles: victim, persecutor and rescuer. These mean the one hurt, the one who harms, and the one who saves. Berne asks why loved ones clash and why people break promises. He asks why people in love can fail to talk well. These questions help show why bonds can reach the same sad end.

Berne gives the games plain names that show how they work. He asks readers to see their own role in their pain. He shows other ways to act, not just repeat habits without thought.

Berne (1910–1970) was a psychiatrist and psychotherapist. He founded Transactional Analysis. He first trained in psychoanalysis. As part of this, he had analysis with Paul Federn and Erik Erikson. After 1956, he left that approach to build his own. This book helped spread Transactional Analysis as a form of therapy worldwide.

This translation of Games People Play forms part of the Psihologia pentru toti series.