Breaking out of process script patterns
Prepared By 
Manu Melwin Joy 
Assistant Professor 
Ilahia School of Management Studies 
Kerala, India. 
Phone – 9744551114 
Mail – manu_melwinjoy@yahoo.com 
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Please seek permission to reproduce the same in public forms and presentations.
Breaking out of process script patterns 
If you are uncomfortable 
with your process script, you 
can step out of it. Of all the 
personal changes TA makes 
feasible, this is one of the 
easiest to accomplish. You 
need to begin by 
establishing what your own 
main process patterns are. 
Once you have this insight, 
you simply take Adult 
control and behave in ways 
that break the pattern.
Breaking out of process script patterns 
If your main pattern has 
been Until, you break it by 
going ahead and having fun 
even before you have 
finished all your work. 
(Daniel Casriel calls this 
“riding the pony without 
waiting until you have 
cleaned out the stables.”
Breaking out of process script patterns 
For the person with an After 
script, the step out of process 
script is to go ahead and enjoy 
today, having first decided to 
enjoy tomorrow also. For 
instance, if you are at a party, 
drink enough to enjoy yourself 
but not so much that you finish 
up with a sore head the next 
day.
Breaking out of process script patterns 
To break the Never 
pattern, decide what it is 
you want. Make a list of 
five specific things you 
can do to attain your 
want. Then do one of 
these things each day.
Breaking out of process script patterns 
If you have been living out the 
Always theme, realize that you 
do not have to keep repeating 
the same mistakes or persist 
when things are awful. If you 
want to, you can leave an 
unsatisfying job, relationship 
or locality and look for 
something new.
Breaking out of process script patterns 
You can step out Almost 
type I by making sure 
you complete what you 
do. If you clean a room, 
clean it all. When you are 
reading a book, read all 
the chapters.
Breaking out of process script patterns 
To dismantle Almost type 
2, take the pleasant step 
of recognizing each of 
your own successes as 
you achieve it. Keep a list 
of your aims. Each time 
you fulfill one, strike it 
off the list. Do not start 
on the next aim without 
having a celebration for 
the one you have just 
achieved.
Breaking out of process script patterns 
If you think you may 
have been handed an 
Open ended pattern, 
realize that your parents 
have given you a gift in 
disguise. Since the 
closing pages of your 
original script are 
missing, you are free to 
write your own ending in 
whatever way you like.
Breaking out of process script patterns 
Each time you complete a 
behavior that contradicts 
your process pattern, you 
weaken the pattern for the 
future. You make it easier 
for yourself to step further 
out of your old process 
script theme.
References
Thank You
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Breaking out of process script patterns - Transactional Analysis

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    Breaking out ofprocess script patterns
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    Prepared By ManuMelwin Joy Assistant Professor Ilahia School of Management Studies Kerala, India. Phone – 9744551114 Mail – manu_melwinjoy@yahoo.com Kindly restrict the use of slides for personal purpose. Please seek permission to reproduce the same in public forms and presentations.
  • 3.
    Breaking out ofprocess script patterns If you are uncomfortable with your process script, you can step out of it. Of all the personal changes TA makes feasible, this is one of the easiest to accomplish. You need to begin by establishing what your own main process patterns are. Once you have this insight, you simply take Adult control and behave in ways that break the pattern.
  • 4.
    Breaking out ofprocess script patterns If your main pattern has been Until, you break it by going ahead and having fun even before you have finished all your work. (Daniel Casriel calls this “riding the pony without waiting until you have cleaned out the stables.”
  • 5.
    Breaking out ofprocess script patterns For the person with an After script, the step out of process script is to go ahead and enjoy today, having first decided to enjoy tomorrow also. For instance, if you are at a party, drink enough to enjoy yourself but not so much that you finish up with a sore head the next day.
  • 6.
    Breaking out ofprocess script patterns To break the Never pattern, decide what it is you want. Make a list of five specific things you can do to attain your want. Then do one of these things each day.
  • 7.
    Breaking out ofprocess script patterns If you have been living out the Always theme, realize that you do not have to keep repeating the same mistakes or persist when things are awful. If you want to, you can leave an unsatisfying job, relationship or locality and look for something new.
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    Breaking out ofprocess script patterns You can step out Almost type I by making sure you complete what you do. If you clean a room, clean it all. When you are reading a book, read all the chapters.
  • 9.
    Breaking out ofprocess script patterns To dismantle Almost type 2, take the pleasant step of recognizing each of your own successes as you achieve it. Keep a list of your aims. Each time you fulfill one, strike it off the list. Do not start on the next aim without having a celebration for the one you have just achieved.
  • 10.
    Breaking out ofprocess script patterns If you think you may have been handed an Open ended pattern, realize that your parents have given you a gift in disguise. Since the closing pages of your original script are missing, you are free to write your own ending in whatever way you like.
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    Breaking out ofprocess script patterns Each time you complete a behavior that contradicts your process pattern, you weaken the pattern for the future. You make it easier for yourself to step further out of your old process script theme.
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    Other TA topicsavailable on slideshare 1. Strokes - http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/strokes-24081607. 2. Games People Play - http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/psychological-games- people-play. 3. Structural Analysis - http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/the-ego-state-model. 4. What is TA? - http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/what-ta-is 5. Cycles of Development - http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/cycles-of-developement- pamela-levin-transactional-analysis. 6. Stages of Cure - http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/stages-of-cure. 7. Transactions - http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/transactions-33677298. 8. Time Structuring - http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/time-structuring. 9. Life Position - http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/life-position. 10. Autonomy - http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/autonomy-33690557. 11. Structural Pathology - http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/structural-pathology. 12. Game Analysis - http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/game-analysis-33725636. 13. Integrated Adult - http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/integrated-adult. 14. Stroke Economy - http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/stroke-economy- 33826702.