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Clinical

Stroke-O-Graph: The Psychological Diet Chart

Pages 161-164
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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This paper discusses client awareness of the validity of psychological hungers as well as ways to identify and satisfy these needs. By using the Stroke-O-Graph to chart a daily psychological diet, clients can recognize neglected areas and develop an action plan for asserting themselves to get these needs met. The Stroke-O-Graph combines Berne's identification of the three basic psychological hungers (1961) and Steiner's emphasis on the importance of strokes (1971) to create a therapeutic tool that fills several roles: It offers information and involvement for the client, valuable feedback for the therapist and client on changes the client is making, and a “psyche-diet” checking device the client can use as he or she accepts responsibility for being his or her own therapist.

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Kate Meredith

Kate Meredith, CM, is studying for her B.A. in English and Applied Science at the Western Australian Institute of Technology in Perth, Western Australia.