Stephen Karpman – Iain Douglas Stewart

L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 7th February 2018

By Iain 7 February 2018Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week we talked about Stephen Karpman’s Drama Triangle, and the roles we often take on without realising. It started as a roleplay between Sue, Gloria and I, but turned into a more informal chat towards the end. I purposefully played the Victim at the start by saying how I didn’t like my life at the moment, disliked my job,…

L2CiCS: Learning Log – 7th February 2018

By Iain 7 February 2018Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week we looked at some aspects of Transactional Analysis, in particular Stephen Karpman’s Drama Triangle, as well as Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. The Drama Triangle was conceived as a social model of human interaction by Stephen Karpman in 1968. In life, people play games. In difficult or tumultuous relationships, the Drama Triangle can be used to map the…