"In your hands, dear reader, is one of the most important books of the modern era, pertaining to the field of psychotherapy and analysis of the human psyche. Eric Berne is considered the pioneer of a new therapeutic school in psychiatry. Eric Berne's methodology was founded on Freud's ideas, but it is different from them. If Freud had focused on... Therapeutic conversation with the patient to gain insight into his personality. Eric Berne focused on the patient's social interactions in order to know his personality, establishing what is known as the "transactional analysis" theory. Eric Berne's theory was founded on the fact that the human psyche has three states of the ego: The state of the parent, the state of the adult, and the state of the child. Berne then investigated human relationships based on these three situations, and he used the term "games" to refer to patterns of interactions that are repeated in daily life between people. Eric Berne's theory became widespread and was followed by therapists and psychiatrists. As a successful therapeutic approach."

نال الدكتور إريك بـيـــرن -بصفته مُنشِئ تحليل المعامـــلات- اعترافًا بتطويره أحد أكثر الأساليب ابتكارًا للعلاج النفسي الحديث في كتاباته وتعاليمه، حدد الدكتور بيرن مبادئ نظامه من خلال كتبه مثل تحليل التعاملات في العلاج النفسي، بنية
وديناميكية المنظمات
والمجمـــوعـــات، مبــــادئ العــــــــلاج الجماعي، دليل الرجل العادي للطب النفسي، وماذا تقول بعد أن تقول مرحبًا؟ قبل وفاته في عام 1970، كان يعمــــــل طبيبًا نفســـيًّا ممــــارسًا في كاليفورنـيــــا وشـــــغلَ العـــــديد من المناصب المهمــــة فـــي المنظمات المهنية والعيادات النفسية."