 Hello and welcome to MIP TV and once again I'm with Bob Cook from the Manchester Institute of Psychotherapy And I've got a question to ask you Bob. Oh Okay, what do you say after you say hello? Oh My gosh, that sounds like an Eric Byrne book. It does and that we've given the game away We're reviewing our Bob's reviewing this seminal book. It really is I mean really important book written in 1969 just before Byrne sadly died But it's it's an enduring book for both therapists and like games people play, which is of the book For the general public. So what is it about and why is it so enduring Bob? This was First book he did of course was transactional analysis of psychotherapy second book was about games third book was about Dynamics of organization the fourth was principles of organizations and then came this book What do you say after you say hello by Eric Byrne and it is about script Right now the idea of script and ta is that we decide early on in life unconsciously a life plan and then we basically follow it Yeah, and I can give you an example of that many years ago I was teaching the student and we would teach a little bit about script and And they said I'm not quite sure that I could buy into this script business And I said when you when you when you when you were because I'm not a TA Therapist, I'm a personal centre therapist, but I thought is a comparative Theory and I said when you were you know when you're younger what what did you like to watch the TV? And she said emergency ward 10 which was all about hospitals a hospital drama, and I said what do you feel living now? She said I'm a paramedic Yeah, yeah, yeah, the idea that you take your what in childhood and you build on those ideas through the arc of your life Yeah, so Why is this book? Why is this book an interesting reading Bob? It's about script But why is it important or useful to for people to understand that? Because if you can get to grips with the you know the unconscious script or unconscious life plan then you can change it Oh Okay Yeah, if it stays conscious and hidden from you, and you don't take ownership of it You'll keep on Simply reprogram you for the rest of your life if you can get hold of the script and the live plan You can actually decide to change it Yeah, and you can you can change your life by changing this kind of script the idea that we're like actors players in our own lives and We suck yeah Yeah, so every person, you know, let you know find out about your script Get a new script on the road and take charge of your own destiny Yeah, so instead of being in the same old soap opera get yourself a blockbuster leading part Is it been like Grand Hog Day? Yeah, yeah, yeah But you just keep playing over and over Your own script of course that'll happen if it's unconscious and out of your awareness You'll be driven by these early decisions in your childhood Yeah, if you can become a part of them take ownership of them You have a chance to change and put a new show on the road and being charged of your own destiny Instead of be caught up in this ever-ending loop. Yeah, and it makes it makes perfect sense Doesn't it that the lessons we learn as children We develop and take through the arc of our lives until you see the challenge in therapy or Become aware of it. Yeah, so does does does burn You know if you if I was a layperson reading this someone didn't know about psychotherapy How would this book inform me do you think? Oh? You start to realize the patterns that you play throughout your life You start to realize if you've got a winners live plan or you've got a losers live plan And you start to realize that actually you could have a better a better higher sense of life If you could you know just a bitch, you know change this this live plan and Being charged of your own destiny wouldn't that be marvelous for it? Oh, it is, you know, and there's a there's a great poem, isn't there called a Life in five parts by patrice patrice and Nelson I'll put a link in below But it really is good and if you ever hear it narrated it makes so much sense about walking down the street and falling down the same bottle You know, yeah, and yeah If you see TA student talking about TA students, they have to read this book because as a TA therapist One of the really stand-out Features of being a TA therapist is that you help the public Be aware of their life plan and then help them actually be able to change it take charge of their own destiny and have a better sense of life Yeah, I've seen that I've seen that so often when I explained Scripts where people realize, you know, a classic a classic example is is a student who's been who's been told that You know, they're not very bright because they're dyslexic and And and and they carry that through their life. I didn't go to college. I didn't do this And and then when you say well, actually you are, you know, what what what part of not bright? Do you think you are well, you know, I can't write properly. Yeah, but neither could Einstein Yeah, yeah, yeah great Yeah, it sounds like it sounds like a good book. I'll tell you what I like a lot about this book, Bob You can pick it up quite cheaply on auction sites. Oh, 10p. Yeah 10p 10p for all that wisdom Yeah, I would say 10p, but I've seen them over two pounds. It's a paperback. It's 1969 It's quite old now, but you know, it's a gem. Yeah, it's an absolute gem. It is a bible Yeah, is it the what is the kind of book you might give to a client in ta and get them? Yeah, and look at their own scripts. Absolutely. The same as the games book You'll give those games book to clients as well. Yeah Well, Bob, as always, it's a pleasure hearing you review a book As always, this is a not a paid review. Bob does this for the love of the books And also we'll put a description a link in the description below and also I'll put a link in I think To this poem by Patricia Nelson because I think that really does sum up scripts. It really is really is good So as always, Bob Cook, thank you very much. Thank you. Bye. Bye