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Scripts People Live

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by Claude Steiner


  Perls, Fritz S. Gestalt Therapy Verbatim. Lafayette, California: Real People Press, 1969.

  Piaget, Jean. Logic and Psychology. New York: Basic Books, 1957.

  Reich, Wilhelm. The Function of the Orgasm. New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1961.

  ———. The Sexual Revolution. New York: Noonday Press, 1962.

  Samuels, Solon D. “Stroke Strategy: I. The Basis of Therapy.” Transactional Analysis Journal 1, 3 (1971): 23–24.

  Schiff, Aaron Wolfe, and Schiff, Jacqui Lee. “Passivity.” Transactional Analysis Journal 1, 1 (1971): 71–78.

  Sophocles. The Oedipus Cycle. New York: Harcourt Brace and World, 1949.

  Spitz, Rene. “Hospitalism, Genesis of Psychiatric Conditions in Early Childhood.” Psychoanalytic Study of the Child 1 (1945): 53–74.

  Staines, Graham; Jayaratne, Toby Epstein; and Tavris, Carol. “The Queen Bee Syndrome.” Psychology Today 7, 8 (1974): 55–60.

  Stedman, Thomas L. Stedman’s Medical Dictionary, 20th ed. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1962.

  Steiner, Claude M. Games Alcoholics Play. New York: Grove Press, 1971.

  ———. “Inside TA.” Issues in Radical Therapy 1, 2 (1973): 3–4.

  ———. “Radical Psychiatry.” In Going Crazy, edited by Hendrik M. Ruitenbeek, New York: Bantam Books, 1972.

  ———. “Radical Psychiatry: Principles.” The Radical Therapist 2, 3 (1971): 3. Reprinted in Readings in Radical Psychotherapy, edited by Joy Marcus, Claude Steiner, and Hogie Wyckoff. New York: Grove Press, 1974.

  ———. “A Script Checklist.” Transactional Analysis Bulletin 6, 22 (1964): 38–39.

  ———. TA Made Simple. Berkeley, California: TA/Simple, 1973.

  ———. and Steiner, Ursula. “Permission Classes.” Transactional Analysis Bulletin 7, 28 (1968): 89.

  Szasz, Thomas S. The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct. New York: Hoeber-Harper, 1961.

  Vance, Dot. “Reclaiming Our Birthright.” The Radical Therapist 2, 3 (1971): 21.

  White, Jerome D., and White, Terri. Self Fulfilling Prophecies in the Inner City. Chicago: Illinois Institute of Applied Psychology, 1970.

  Wise, David. The Politics of Lying: Government, Deception, Secrecy and Power. New York: Random House, 1973.

  Wyckoff, Hogie. “Amazon Power Workshop.” Issues in Radical Therapy 1, 4 (1973): 14–15.

  ———. “Between Women and Men.” Issues in Radical Therapy 1, 2 (1973): 11–15.

  ———. “Permission.” The Radical Therapist 2, 3 (1971): 8–10. Reprinted in Readings in Radical Psychotherapy, edited by Joy Marcus, Claude Steiner, and Hogie Wyckoff. New York: Grove Press, 1974.

  ———. “Problem-Solving Groups for Women.” Issues in Radical Therapy 1, 1 (1973) : 6–12.

  ———. “The Stroke Economy in Women’s Scripts,” Transactional Analysis Journal 1, 3 (1971): 16–20.

  Zechnich, Robert. “Social Rapo—Description and Cure.” Transactional Analysis Journal III, 4 (1973): 18–21.

  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
r />   Robin Hood, 100

  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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