Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships By Eric Berne MD, 1964 Hardback Dust Cover, Inscription

Overall good, readable condition. General wear to the dust cover.

People tend to live their lives by consistently playing out certain “games" in their interpersonal relationships. They play these games for a variety of reasons: to avoid confronting reality, to conceal ulterior motives, to rationalize their activi-ties, or to avoid actual participation.

These games —if they are not destructive — are both desirable and necessary, and in the present volume Dr. Berne offers the reader a thorough, fascinating analysis of thirty-six games, which he breaks down into seven major categories.