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In Praise of Speed, Experimentation, Agreeableness, Endurance, and Excellence: Counterscript Drivers and Aspiration

Pages 16-20
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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This article reviews definitions of counterscript drivers and allowers in terms of the underlying values toward which self-actualizing people may aspire. Thus, the values of being fast, energetic, pleasing, strong, and excellent—as prized qualities of the autonomous individual under the influence of Physis (the generalized creative force of nature, which eternally “strives to make things grow and to make growing things more perfect” [Berne, 1968, p. 89])—are differentiated from the counterscript drivers of “Be perfect,” “Try hard,” “Hurry up,” “Please me,” and “Be strong” under the influence of script.

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Petrūska Clarkson

Petrūska Clarkson, M.A., Ph.D., is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and practicing psychotherapist, a Certified Clinical Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst, and Principal Clinical Psychologist Director of the metanoia Psychotherapy Training institute in London. She has served on the ITAA Board of Trustees and is also Chairperson of the Gestalt Training Institute of Great Britain and Chair for the British Institute of Integrative Psychotherapy, which is affiliated with SEPI International.

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