{"id":6217,"date":"2020-11-23T22:59:46","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T21:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inkovema.de\/?p=6217"},"modified":"2025-08-31T22:07:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T20:07:10","slug":"the-concept-of-psychological-games-in-transactional-analysis-part-5-selected-psychological-games-for-conflict-counselling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inkovema.de\/en\/blog\/the-concept-of-psychological-games-in-transactional-analysis-part-5-selected-psychological-games-for-conflict-counselling\/","title":{"rendered":"The concept of psychological games in transactional analysis. Part 5: Selected psychological games for conflict counselling"},"content":{"rendered":"

The concept of psychological games in transactional analysis<\/h1>\n

Part 5: Selected psychological games for conflict counselling<\/h1>\n

Courtroom; tumult; overburdened; if you weren't etc.<\/h2>\n<\/div>

Introduction<\/p>\n

The psychological games are a\u00a0Concept of transactional analysis<\/strong><\/em>which deals with communicative patterns of a manipulative nature. Most of these psychological games are destructive in nature. Already Eric Berne,<\/strong><\/em> the founder of transactional analysis, was instrumental in developing this concept. With his - one could say - bestseller \"Games People Play\" (1964), he was instrumental in the early success of transactional analysis as a school of humanistic psychology.<\/p>\n

This fifth and final part of our short series of articles deals with individual games, most of which have already been described by Berne and which we have organised here using the concept of the drama triangle. In doing so, we rely in particular on the descriptions of G\u00fchrs\/Nowak<\/strong> (see references), <\/em>who have formulated a modern and concise view of the individual games in their work.<\/p>\n

With the help of so-called Jump labels<\/strong><\/em>links to jump to the individual games and then back via the „top“link, you, dear reader, can complete our little five-part series on psychological games as you wish.<\/p>\n

We are of course happy to receive feedback and recommendations.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Small series of articles on the psychological games of transaction analysis:<\/h3>\n<\/div>
<\/i><\/span>Part 1: Basics (definition, function and benefits as well as the intensity and levels of play)<\/span><\/a><\/div>
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<\/i><\/span>Part 2: Procedure and forms of presentation of psychological games (drama triangle and game formulae according to Berne and Christoph-Lemke)<\/span><\/a><\/div>
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<\/i><\/span>Part 3: Connections to other TA concepts (embedding psychological games in the TA conceptual landscape)<\/span><\/a><\/div>
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<\/i><\/span>Part 4: Practice (of conflict counselling in the face of psychological games (invitations, termination options))<\/span><\/a><\/div>
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<\/i><\/span>Part 5: Selected psychological games in conflict counselling (courtroom; turmoil; overloaded; if you weren't, etc.)<\/span><\/a><\/div>
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Table of contents<\/h2>\n

1. rescue games<\/a><\/h3>\n