We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs.
Eric Berne Quotes
The eternal problem of the human being is how to structure his waking hours.
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| Birth: | 10th May, 1910 |
| Death: | 15th July, 1970 |
| Nationality: | American, Canadian |
| Profession: | Psychiatrist |
About
Eric Berne was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was a Canadian-American psychiatrist who, in the middle of the 20th century, created the theory of transactional analysis as a way of explaining human behavior. He received an M.D. and C.M. from McGill University Medical School in 1935. He came to the United States in 1935. In 1951, he accepted a position of Adjunct and Attending Psychiatrist at the Veterans Administration and Mental Hygiene Clinic, San Francisco. He wrote several books include: The Mind in Action, Sex in Human Loving, Games People Play, and The Happy Valley.
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