Self-help · ThoughtfulThomas A. Harris presents transactional analysis as a method for addressing personal challenges
I'm OK, You're OK
Transactional analysis explained for everyday life
Thomas A. Harris's book was first published in 1969 in the United States by Harper & Row, and Jonathan Cape issued the UK edition in 1970 as The Book of Choice. It presents transactional analysis (TA) as a method for addressing personal challenges and draws on Wilder Penfield's brain-stimulation reports and Eric Berne's ideas. It describes three ego states, Parent, Adult and Child, and four life positions, including I'm OK, You're OK. The final chapters address morality, religion and the social issues of the time.
More about this book
Who
Thomas A. Harris, and Eric Berne, the originator of transactional analysis, whose ideas the book draws on.
World
Personal and family life, with chapters on marriage, child rearing and time structuring.
What makes it different
The publisher estimates it has sold over 15 million copies. It made the New York Times Best Seller list in 1972 and stayed there for almost two years.
Feel
Explanatory and hopeful.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- I'm OK – You're OKWikipedia