Table of Contents

Social construction theory and therapy assumptions; the script as life-form - parasites of meaning; backwards scripts; I demand a rewrite - when your child doesn't fit your script; scripts, scripts and more scripts - a multiscript approach to adolescents; exploring shadow scripts in couple therapy; the chemically dependent "child" script - will Peter Pan ever grow up?; pre-scripts and post-scripts - families, life scripts and AIDS; unscrupulous scripts - family violence; I thought it was our turn - therapeutic considerations in mid-life families; the final script - a developmental crisis, death.