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Eric Berne the Therapist: One Patient's Perspective

Pages 183-186
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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The author describes elements of her past therapy with Eric Berne to provide readers with a view of what he actually did in his individual and group sessions with a real patient. Elements of contracts, permission, protection, and potency, as well as uses of ego states, games, and scripts, are illuminated. In addition, Eric Berne's emphasis on intuition, positive stroking, and the use of a positive transference are shown. Readers will gain a sense of how Eric Berne actually used his own theory in his work with his patients.

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Carol Solomon

Carol Solomon, Ph.D., TSTA, is a licensed psychologist who lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. She works with children and adults offering individual, couples, and family therapy and consults with therapists in various fields of practice. Carol no longer hates her mother and has grown to appreciate some of the ways she is like her. Carol can be reached at 3610 Sacramento St., San Francisco, CA 94118, U.S.A.; e-mail: .