Eric Berne

Eric Berne
Born	Eric Lennard Bernstein (1910-05-10)May 10, 1910 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	July 15, 1970(1970-07-15) (aged 60) Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, U.S.
Nationality	Canadian
Known for	Developed the theory of Transactional analysis
Spouses	Ruth Harvey ​ ​ (m. 1942; div. 1945)​ Dorothy DeMass Way ​ ​ (m. 1949; div. 1964)​ Torre Peterson ​ ​ (m. 1967; div. 1970)​
Children	4
Scientific career
Fields	Psychiatry

Eric Berne (May 10, 1910 – July 15, 1970) was a Canadian-born psychiatrist who created the theory of transactional analysis as a way of explaining human behavior.

Berne's theory of transactional analysis was based on the ideas of Freud and Carl Jung but was distinctly different. Freudian psychotherapists focused on talk therapy as a way of gaining insight to their patient's personalities. Berne believed that insight could be better discovered by analyzing patients’ social transactions.^[1]