If you want to know about Transactional Analysis and “games people play” before buying a book or doing a course, rent the DVD Un Air de Famille, a film by Cédric Klapisch. The highly talented actress Agnès Jaoui has one of the leading roles in the film but also co-wrote the screenplay. Her psychotherapist mother, Gysa Jaoui is the author of Le Triple Moi, a fairly complete book on Transactional Analysis. TA runs in the family!