Main description:

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The book comprises edited excerpts from his unpublished autobiography, "Confessions of a Psychomechanic", alongside commentaries and critical essays from colleagues on his major contributions to the fields of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.

Contents:

Prelims

Foreword by Mimi Doohan (nee Steiner)

Introduction by Keith Tudor

Uno Identifying the legacy

Chapter 1 Claude Michel Steiner: the man and his work by Keith Tudor

Chapter 2 Claude Michel Steiner: an annotated bibliography compiled by Keith Tudor

Dos Scripts

Chapter 3 Confessions of a psychomechanic - excerpts on script byClaude Steiner

Chapter 4 Attribution and alienation: reflections on Claude Steiner's script theory by Bill Cornell

Tres Strokes

Chapter 5 Confessions of a psychomechanic - excerpts on strokes by Claude Steiner

Chapter 6 On strokes by Deepak Dhananjaya

Cuatro Radical psychiatry

Chapter 7 Confessions of a psychomechanic - excerpts on radical psychiatry by Claude Steiner

Chapter 8 Radical therapy: from the first decade onwards by Becky Jenkins, Ellen Morrison, and Robert Schwebel

Chapter 9 Radical therapy: praxis in the fifth decade by Luigi (Gino) Althoefer and V. Riesenfeld by Cinco Power

Chapter 10 Confessions of a psychomechanic - excerpts on power by Claude Steiner

Chapter 11 On power by Luigi (Gino) Althoefer and Keith Tudor

Seis Emotional literacy

Chapter 12 Confessions of a psychomechanic - excerpts on emotional literacy by Claude Steiner

Chapter 13 On emotional literacy by Hartmut Oberdieck

Siete Love

Chapter 14 Confessions of a psychomechanic - excerpts on love and sex by Claude Steiner

Chapter 15 "Love is the answer" by Karen Minikin

Ocho Reflecting on the legacy

Chapter 16 More from a psychomechanic - on games by Claude Steiner with Keith Tudor

Chapter 17 Claude Michel Steiner: death, life, and legacy by Keith Tudor

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