TY - GEN AU - James,Muriel AU - Jongeward,Dorothy TI - Born to win : : transactional analysis with gestalt experiments / SN - 9780451165213 U1 - 616.8914 23 PY - 1971/// CY - U. S. A. PB - Signet Books : KW - SLSH KW - Mental health KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Psychotherapy KW - Analyse transactionnelle N1 - Winners and losers -- An overview of Transactional Analysis -- The human hunger for strokes and time structuring -- The drama of life scripts -- Parenting and the Parent ego state -- Childhood and the Child ego state -- Personal and sexual identity -- Stamp collecting and game playing -- The Adult ego state -- Autonomy and adult ethics N2 - This book will help the reader increase his awareness of the real power he has to direct his own life, to make decisions, to develop his own ethical system, to enhance the lives of others, and to understand that he was "born to win." Primarily concerned with Transactional Analysis theory and its application to the daily life of the average person, the book also uses gestalt-oriented experiments to show the reader a useful way to discover the many parts of his personality, to integrate them, and to develop a core of self-confidence.--From publisher description ER -