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Index
Games, Scripts and Archetypes
Adapted Child, 42, 48, 253. See also Child
Adult, 4, 12, 27, 29, 30–34, 42–48, 55–56, 70, 82, 120, 123, 175, 185–86, 193, 203, 215, 251, 257, 258, 260, 263, 267, 278, 282
Ain’t Budging, 218
Ain’t It Awful, 99, 102, 183, 187, 189
Ain’t It Wonderful, 132
Alcoholic, 41, 89, 90, 91–92, 102, 103, 113–14, 126, 147, 179, 180, 186, 204, 230–31, 236, 245–46, 249–50, 256, 257, 258–60
Aphrodite, 176
Athena, 176
Big Daddy, 104, 197–99, 319
Black Is Beautiful, 91
Blemish, 185, 200, 201
Bruto, Mr., 60, 74, 94, 126–28
Busman’s Holiday, 202
Buy Me Something, 180
Captain Marvel, 93
Child, 4, 12, 27, 28–29, 30–34, 42–48, 54, 55–56, 58, 68, 69, 82, 85, 87, 120, 173, 182, 190, 193, 203, 215, 231, 251, 253, 255, 257, 258, 260–61, 263, 274. See also Adapted Child; Children; Crazy Child; Natural Child
Cinderella, 100, 182
Cold Pricklies, 108–10
Connection, 41, 147
Cops and Robbers, 102
Courtroom, 195, 199, 203
Crazy Child, 56–58. See also Child Creeping Beauty, 184–86, 197, 200
Critical Parent, 31, 263. See also Parent; Pig Parent
Debtor, 102
Do Me Something, 183, 203
Fat Woman, 188–89
Felix, Miss, 93
Food-aholic, 189
Foundling, 63
Frigid Woman, 178
Frog Prince, 72
Gee, You’re Wonderful, Professor, 84, 182
Good Negro, 90
Greeting rituals, 37
Guardian Angel, 65. See also Nurturing Parent
Guerrilla Warfare, 216, 218–19
Guerrilla Witch, 191–93, 200. See also Witch
Happy to Help, 182
Harried, 178
Hera, 176
High and Proud, 151
Hold the Line, 216
Hot Potato, 66, 67–68
If It Weren’t For You (Him, Her, Them), 37, 102, 182, 185, 187, 191, 199
If You Can’t Prove It, You Can’t Do It, 217, 222–23
I’m Only Trying to Help You, 255
Intellectual, 202–4
It Says in the Bible, 217
Jesus Christ, 73–74, 100
Jock, 197, 201–2
Kick Me, 102, 255
King Has No Clothes, The, 128, 200
Knock Some Sense into ’Em, 218
Let’s Pull a Fast One on Joey, 202
Let’s You and Him Fight, 193
Little Orphan Annie, 58–59, 93, 94, 182
Little Professor, 42, 44, 48, 70, 82, 92, 119–20, 123, 166, 167, 172, 173, 174, 219
Look How Hard I Tried, 178
Man in Front of the Woman, 199–200
Meeting Is Adjourned, The, 282
Miss America, 85, 103–4
Mr. America, 85
Mother Hubbard, 176–78, 197, 319
Mother’s Good Little Boy, 70
Natural Child, 31, 44, 46, 48, 56, 105, 166, 169, 172, 175, 204, 258. See also Child
Nobody Loves Me, 255
Nobody, Mr., 93
No Joy, 77, 78–80, 101–2, 106, 139–45, 149, 227, 278
No Love, 77, 79–80, 101–2, 106, 115–117, 149, 227, 276, 279
No Mind, 77, 78, 79–80, 101–2, 106, 125, 126, 133, 138, 149, 227, 283
Now I’ve Got You—You SOB, 193, 195, 204, 255
Nurse, 186–87
Nurturing Parent, 20, 44–48, 56, 64–65, 87, 89, 90, 166, 167, 173, 175, 204, 254, 263, 274, 277, 278, 299. See also Parent; Pig Parent
Ogre, 42–44, 55–56, 58
Parent, 4, 12, 27, 29–34, 38, 42–48, 56, 58, 68, 89, 116, 120, 182, 190, 203, 215, 231, 251, 253, 255, 257, 258, 260–61. See also Critical Parent; Nurturing Parent; Pig Parent
Patsy, 41, 147
Persecutor, 41, 84, 147, 149, 151, 152, 153, 190, 192, 194, 209–10, 231, 236–37, 255
Pig Parent, 20, 31, 44–48, 58, 64, 126, 166, 167, 171, 172, 173, 175, 219, 229, 254, 256, 257, 261, 263, 265, 274, 277. See also Nurturing Parent; Pig Parent
Pill-oholic, 180, 186
Pitched Battles, 216, 220–21
Plastic Fuzzies, 109, 273, 275
Plastic Woman, 175, 179–80, 200, 214
Playboy, 197, 200–01, 273, 319
Poor Little Me, 182–84, 197
Prince Charming, 184–85
Queen Bee, 195–96, 310
Rapo, 38, 40, 41, 185, 201
Rein, Miss, 96
Rescue, 146–54, 155, 161, 169–71, 175, 179, 184, 185, 199, 208, 209–11, 235–42, 246, 248, 249, 251, 254–55, 261–63, 266, 300–1, 307, 208
Rescuer, 41, 84, 147, 149, 151, 152–53, 154, 209–10, 231, 236–37, 240–41, 255, 261, 264, 275, 300
Salvador, Mr., 73–74
Schlemiel, 180
See What You Made Me Do, 255
Spunky Child, 99, 100
Stupid, 183, 202
Sulk, 217
Teacher, 190–91
They’ll Be Glad They Knew Me, 191
Torn Mother, 63
Tough Lady, 193–95
Uproar, 193, 195, 221, 255
Victim, 41, 84, 147, 149, 150, 151, 184, 209–10, 231, 236–37, 240–41, 255, 275, 300, 307
Warm Fuzzies, 107–10, 275, 279
Why Don’t You—Yes, But, 38–41, 147, 187, 191, 201, 203, 254, 255
Wipe Them Out, 216, 218
Witch, 42–44, 55–56, 58, 63–68, 87–89, 90, 102, 261. See also Guerrilla Witch
Woman Behind the Man, 104, 176, 180–82
Woman Hater, 204–5
Wooden Leg, 188, 189
Subject Index
Accounting, 171–72, 280–82, 283–86
Alcoholism, 69, 126, 234. See also Games: Alcoholic
Alienation, 79
Antithesis, 154, 287–91
Attack, 256
Attributions, 61–63, 71, 80, 85–87, 94–95, 98, 101
Autonomy, 71, 303–9
Awareness, 118–20, 123, 129
Banal scripts, 69–70, 79, 97–100, 104, 212–13
of men, 197–205. See also Games
of women, 176–96. See also Games
Basic trust, 71–72
Bioenergetics, 203. See also Body armor, Body feeling;
Centering;
Somatic component
Body armor, 79, 161
Body feeling, 79, 139–42, 144–45
Breathing, 289–90
Centering, 79, 139–42, 144–45, 154, 287–91
Children awareness discounted in, 120–23
capabilities of, 149–50
decision making in, 69–75, 305
energy of, 99
existential predicament of, 55–68
influence of attributions and injunctions on, 60–63, 71, 80, 85–87, 98, 101
influence of parents on, 56–68
life plans of, 53
powerlessness of, 149–50
rearing of, ideal, 303–9
rearing of, in nuclear family, 105–6, 117
repression of, 143–45
Command, 255–56, 263
Common sense, 230–33
Competition, 155–61
Consumerism, 131, 140, 142, 172, 299
Contract, therapeutic, 243–50
Cooperative relationships, 295–302
Counterscripts, 87–92, 101
Depression, 77, 227, 234
therapy of, 271–79. See also Lovelessness
Discounting, 34, 78, 116, 161, 171, 172–73, 282–93
of awareness in children, 120–26, 129
Drug abuse and addiction, 78–79, 97, 139–42, 150, 227, 233. See also Joylessness
Drugs, psychedelic, 143
Eagleton, Tom, 21
Egogram, 48
Ego image, 11–12
Ego states, 27–33, 56, 77
of Adult, 29
of Child, 28–29
of Parent, 29–30
Electrode, 42, 44, 58
Emotions, discounts of, 123, 124–25
Exercises, therapeutic, 277–78, 315
Existential positions, 38, 39, 40, 71, 92, 101
Fun, 251, 257, 263, 275
Gallows transactions, 102, 257–58, 275
Games, 34–36
degrees of, 41
payoff in, 36, 102
roles in, 41, 102
theory and analysis of, 38–41
Gestalt therapy, 18, 33, 203
Graffiti, 265n
Group psychotherapy, 229–30
Guilt, 316–18
Homework, 266–67
Homicide, 97
Homosexuality, 11
Individual therapy, 228–30
Individualism 155–58
Injunctions, 60–61, 62, 71, 80, 85–87, 94–95, 98, 101
Intuition, 171, 315
discounts of, 123–24
Joylessness, 78–79, 102, 106, 139–45, 227
therapy of, 287–91. See also Drug abuse and addiction
Lovelessness, 77, 101–2, 106, 114–117, 227. See also Depression
Lying, 129–33
in teaching, 132
Machismo, 318
Madness, 68, 78, 97, 133–34, 227, 233–34
therapy of, 280–86. See also Manic-depressive psychosis; Mindlessness; Paranoia and paranoid fantasies; Schizophrenia
Magic, bad, 65–68
Magic, good, 64–65
Manic-depressive psychosis, 23, 69. See also Madness
Marathons, 265
Mindlessness, 78, 79, 102, 106, 118–38, 227. See also Madness
Mitchell, John, 137
Mythical heroes, 72–75, 92, 93
Names, significance of, 63
Negative feelings, 268–69
Neurotic disturbances, 69–71
Nixon, Richard M., 137
Oedipus myth, 53–54, 55
Paranoia and paranoid fantasies, 135–38, 268–69
accounting for, 285–86
truth in, 137–38. See also Madness; Schizophrenia
Pastimes, 37, 102
Payoff, 34–36, 102
Permission, 85, 251, 258–61, 263
Permission classes, 264–65
Play, 128
Position hunger, 37
Potency, 263–67, 318
Power, exercise of, 66
Powerlessness, 146–54
Power plays, 160–61, 212–23, 298
discounting of, 282–83
Programming, 102
Protection, 56, 72, 251, 261–63
Racket, 40–41, 92, 102
Rationality, discounts of, 123, 125–26
Relationship analysis, 206–11
Rock music, 143
Scarcity, 66–67, 158–60, 296–97
Schizophrenia, 28, 68, 69, 134, 150, 286. See also Madness; Paranoia and paranoid fantasies
Script analysis
beginnings of, 12–13
significance of, in psychiatry, 21–24
strategies of, 251–69
Script checklist, 100–3
Scripts, 4
banal. See Banal scripts
basic, 77–80
comparison with Greek tragedy, 51–54
inequalities in, 212–15
models for, 72–74
sex-role, 71, 310–15. See also Banal scripts
structural analysis of, 77
transactional analysis and diagnosis of, 80–84
tragic. See Tragic script
Self-fulfilling prophecies, 52–54
Sex-roles, 310–13
attributes and injunctions of, 71, 95, 150, 165–75, 297
conspiracy of, 173–75
oppression of, 313–19
structural analysis of, in men, 166–67, 169
structural analysis of, in women, 167–69
Sexual repression and social order, 111–12, 140
Somatic components, 93–96, 101
in female banal scripts, 178, 180, 181, 183, 185, 187, 189, 191, 193, 194
in male banal scripts, 198, 202, 203. See also Body armor; Body feeling; Centering
Stamps, 40–41, 102, 268
Stimulus hunger, 36–37
Stroke economy, 20, 77, 110–14, 161
breaking down of, 271–76
exercises to break down, 277–78
injunctions in, 114–17
Strokes, negative, 106–7
Strokes, physical, 271
as antidote to depression, 275
injunctions against therapist’s use of, 18–19
to satisfy stimulus hunger, 36–37, 106–7
Strokes, verbal, 271
to satisfy stimulus hunger, 36–37, 106–7
Structural anal
ysis, 27–31
of scripts, 76–77
second-order, 42–48
Structure hunger, 37
Suicide, 23, 97
Survival Quotient, 107
Sweatshirt, 92–93, 102
Therapist
as player of Rescue, 235–42
role of, in female scripts, 178, 180, 182, 183, 185, 189, 198, 191, 193, 195
role of, in male scripts, 199, 201, 202, 203, 205
role of, in transactional analysis, 103
Therapy, myths of, 227–34
mental illness and relevance of medicine, 233–34
one-to-one individual therapy, 228–30
uselessness of common sense, 230–33
Tragic ending, 102–3
Tragic scripts, 61, 98, 100, 233
Transactional analysis, 33–35
basic concepts of, 17
corruption of, 7–10
diagnosis in, 80–84
of scripts, 77
therapeutic contract in, 243–50
Transactions, 34. See also Accounting; Discounting; Games
Voodoo death, 68
Work, compulsive, 126–27
Work transactions, 251–54
Authors and Therapists
Aldebaron, Mayer, 91n, 189
Allen, Brian, 197
Aristotle, 51, 53
Berne, Eric
concepts of, 1–2, 3–4, 36, 99, 100, 105, 106, 110, 120, 126, 147, 221
on curability, 5–7
life of, 10–20
on marriage classifications, 207–8
personal script of, 16–17, 19
relationships with clients, 3–5
therapeutic techniques of, 3–5, 10–14, 103, 264
Cameron, Norman, 135–36
Capers, Hedges, 107, 273n
Crossman, Patricia, 56, 261
David, George, 96n
DeGolia, Rick, 316n
Dusay, John M., 11, 48
Ellis, Albert, 31
English, Fanita, 66, 99n, 274n
Erikson, Erik H., 71, 100
Ernst, Franklin, 265n
Frank, Jerome D., 23
Freud, Sigmund, 31, 52, 53, 54, 111
Frumker, Sanford C, 51, 52
Goldstein, Arnold P., 23
Greenspoon, Joel, 231n
Groder, M., 100
Harris, Amy, 2, 8, 72n
Harris, Thomas, 2, 8, 72n
Hartmann, Heinz, 32
Holland, Glen, 107, 273n
Jayaratne, Toby Epstein, 195n, 310n
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