Eric Berne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eric Berne

Canadian psychiatrist

Date of Birth: 10-May-1910

Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 15-Jul-1970

Profession: psychiatrist, psychologist, academic, military physician, non-fiction writer

Nationality: Canada, United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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 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.Berne was the first psychiatrist to apply game theory to the field of psychiatry.