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V. Strokes and Survival

The Stroke-Scope: A Diagram for Stroke Analysis

Pages 68-73
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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The “Stroke-Scope” diagram functions as a “radar-screen” for observation of the type, style, and degree of stroke. It presumes Eric Berne's definition of the stroke as the basic unit of every transaction, and that every arrow-vector in a transactional diagram represents a stroke. The individual stroke is viewed as result of the affective and cognitive components arranged on a “Cartesian coordinate” type diagram. Neo-Reichain concepts are used to describe the polarity continua of thinking and feeling, resulting in a reflection on basic emotional dynamics.

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Leo C. Sprietsma

Leo C. Sprietsma, RM, is currently employed as Chaplain at the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco, California and serves on the advisory board for the Orange County Institute of Transactional Analysis.