Eric Berne on the ideas of Freud but were distinctly different. Freudian psychotherapists focused on patient’s personalities. Berne believed that insight could be better discovered by analyzing patients’ social transactions. Berne mapped interpersonal relationships to three ego-states of the individuals involved: the "Parent, Adult," and "Child" state. He then investigated communications between individuals based on the current state of each. He called these interpersonal interactions "transactions" and used the label "games" to refer to certain patterns of transactions which popped up repeatedly in everyday life. The origins of transactional analysis can be traced to the first five of Berne’s six articles on
Berne, Indiana officially recorded as a community soon after. A post office was established in Berne in 1872. A steady stream of Swiss and German people came into the area from that train, as did English-speaking migrants, some of whom became successful businessmen in the new community. They contributed immensely in the growth of Berne. Berne is located in northeastern Indiana at (40.658146, -84.954256). According to the 2010 census, Berne has a total area of , all land. As of the census of 2010, there were 3,999 people, 1,620 households, and 1,078 families residing in the city. The population density was .