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Beyond Games and Scripts
An edited collection of selections from the work of Eric Berne, curated by Steiner to present Berne's most essential contributions to Transactional Analysis.
Written for: Students and practitioners of Transactional Analysis, and readers interested in Eric Berne's legacy
Beyond Games and Scripts serves as both an anthology and an act of intellectual stewardship. Steiner, who had been one of Eric Berne’s closest collaborators, assembled this collection to ensure that Berne’s most significant ideas remained accessible and properly contextualised after his death in 1970.
The selections span the breadth of Berne’s thinking, from his early formulations of ego states through to his later work on games and scripts. Steiner’s editorial hand is evident in the careful organisation and the connecting commentary that helps readers navigate the material.
For anyone wanting to engage seriously with the foundations of Transactional Analysis, this volume provides an invaluable entry point. It is both a tribute to Berne’s originality and a demonstration of Steiner’s deep understanding of the tradition he inherited and would go on to extend in his own distinctive directions.
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