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
Shaun Berne Shaun Berne Shaun Berne (born 8 January 1979) is an Australian rugby union coach and former player. He is currently an assistant coach with the Western Force. His professional playing career spanned twelve seasons, where he played for New South Wales Waratahs, as well as Bath, Leinster, and Calvisano. His usual playing positions were fly-half and centre. Shaun Berne was born in Sydney. His father John Berne had played rugby for in the 1970s, and his younger brother Michael also made a rugby career and played professionally in Ireland as a centre for Leinster. Berne attended Marcellin College Randwick and