The Somatic Component of the Script in Early Development

Bibliographic Data

ID20179142
AuthorsSusanna Ligabue (corresponding author)
Year1991
Volume21
Issue1
Pages21-30
Publication date1991-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTransactional Analysis Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0362-1537 • E-ISSN: 2329-5244
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1177/036215379102100104
OpenAlexW2569796812
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited13

This article integrates transactional analysis theory and neo-Reichian perspectives. Following a developmental model, the author describes how the child may tense and relax the body physiologically in a comfortable and healthy environment, one with an optimal level of frustration. Traumatic experiences and excessive or unpredictable frustrations are linked to chronic muscle contraction and retraction. The child establishes a gestalt, with specific feelings, thoughts, muscle tone, and levels of energy that maintain the script in its structural form. Clinical manifestations of body scripting and phases of treatment are considered. A case example is provided to illustrate this process

Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Feeling · Gestalt psychology · Psychotherapist · Scripting language · Transactional analysis · Child Therapy and Development · Computer Science · Neuroscience · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy

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