Claude Steiner, Emotional Activist: The Life and Work of Claude Michel Steiner

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This book describes the work and life of Claude Michel Steiner, a close colleague and friend of Eric Berne, the founder of transactional analysis. Steiner was an early and influential transactional analyst, an exponent of radical psychiatry, and the founder of emotional literacy. Steiner also contributed a number of theories and concepts to the psychological literature. The book comprises edited excerpts from his unpublished autobiography, "Confessions of a Psychomechanic", alongside commentaries and critical essays from colleagues on his major contributions to the fields of psychology, transactional analysis, radical therapy, and emotional literacy. Topics covered include script theory and the theory of strokes, recognition hunger, radical therapy, and the concept of power, and emotional literacy and love. In assessing Steiner’s various contributions, the book also identifies central themes in his work and life and considers the autobiographical nature of theory. This unique collection demonstrates not only the range of Steiner’s insights but also his importance to the wider field and will be essential reading for practitioners and trainees alike. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Contributors Foreword Introduction Acknowledgements (Stroke City) Notes Uno Identifying the legacy 1. Claude Michel Steiner: his life and work The nature and structure of the book Autobiography, confession, and editing The six areas of Claude’s contributions The bookends Notes 2. Claude Michel Steiner: an annotated bibliography Notes Dos Scripts 3. Confessions of a psychomechanic: excerpts on script Life scripts How long will you live? A script decision Recognition CS at 80 (starting April 2015) 4. Attribution and alienation: reflections on Claude Steiner’s script theory Claude and Eric: at the beginning A brief overview of Steiner’s early writings on script Attribution Alienation Oppression and activism Closing thoughts Tres Strokes 5. Confessions of a psychomechanic: excerpts on strokes Strokes The stroke economy Radical stroke economics CS at 80 (starting April 2015) Note 6. On strokes The development of stroke theory Stroke-centred TA Strokes, body, and brain Trashing the stroke economy and the Cultural Parent The stroke economy and sexual minorities Conclusion Note CUATRO Radical psychiatry 7. Confessions of a psychomechanic: excerpts on radical psychiatry The expanding shrink Radical psychiatry Comrade in arms The Radical Psychiatry Collective The theory of alienation Notes 8. Radical therapy: from the first decade onwards Learning by observation and then participation Theory, practice, and growing influence Dispersion and differences Radical therapy and emotional literacy in the 2000s – Ellen Morrison Notes 9. Radical therapy: the fifth decade Radical psychiatry Co-counselling RT as a self-help therapy FORT and M*RT Relation to sex/gender in the RT movement today Instruction of new RT groups Publications on RT Framework for the self-organised therapy setting Structure of the meetings The current state of the RT movement in Germany Concluding remarks Note Cinco Power 10. Confessions of a psychomechanic: excerpts on power Propaganda Notes 11. On power Power as control Relational power Social imbalances of power Manifestation of oppressive power: the Pig Parent Sources of power Four sources of power Seven sources of power Reflection on and critique of the seven sources of power Cooperation as collective power Power and responsibility Power politics Conclusion SEIS Emotional literacy 12. Confessions of a psychomechanic: excerpts on emotional literacy Radical truthfulness Rescuing Emotional literacy Notes 13. On emotional literacy Farewell First encounter and contact Radical psychiatry, transactional analysis and emotional literacy “Baby steps toward emotional literacy” (Steiner, 1984b) Contracts Strokes The stroke economy Three stages and ten steps to emotional competence Stage one: open the heart Stage two: discover the emotional map Stage three: take responsibility, expose and apologise Emotional competence in practice The introduction of the training programme in the context of a psychosomatic clinic The “Origin Group” in Europe Some history and further developments What remains? SIETE Love 14. Confessions of a psychomechanic: excerpts on love and sex M____ Hogie Omnigamy Coda (2008): love of self, others and truth 15. Love is the answer When a Man Loves a Woman (Steiner, 1986): heterosexual politics The meming of love (Steiner, 2000d) The Heart of the Matter (Steiner, 2009) Conclusion OCHO Reflecting on the legacy 16. A final confession from the psychomechanic: on games Excerpts from a conversation between Claude Steiner and Keith Tudor, 17 July 2016 Notes 17. Claude Michel Steiner: death, life, and legacy Death with dignity Claude Michel Steiner: an obituary Remembering Claude A legacy with honesty Notes References Index