Emotional Literacy

by Claude Steiner Ph.D. The fact that the emotions matter and that emotional competence is as important as intelligence to help people do well is an idea whose time has come. It has initiated a culture-wide “paradigm shift” readying people to confront the long neglected emotional realm.

  These are notes concerning the philosophical issues raised by the theory and practice of Emotional Literacy Training. (From the book Achieving Emotional Literacy.)

Strokes are interpersonal units of recognition. They can be positive and feel good or negative and feel bad. They can be verbal or physical. Strokes are essential for physical and emotional health and survival. Links within this web site that deal with the stroke concept Papers: “Core Concepts of a Stroke Centered Transactional Analysis” “The […]

Keynote lecture at the 3rd Adolescence Health Conference at the Royal College of Physicians in London, October 2000. By Claude Steiner PhD

Strokes: Eric Berne coined the term “stroke” to denote a unit of human recognition. In so doing he made it possible to discuss the exchange of affection or love in fine, textured detail.