On the basis of their clinical experience the authors have developed a more comprehensive life script interview and matrix, which include constructive as well as destructive messages, and rewarding as well as self-defeating early decisions. They propose an answer to the question “Does everyone have a life script?” and they recommend a TA/gestalt approach to eliciting the material needed to diagnose the script elements.
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