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3.24 THE DRAMA TRIANGLE
The Drama Triangle is a model of dysfunctional social interaction,
created by psychotherapist Stephen Karpman. Each point on the
triangle represents a common and ineffective response to conflict, one
more likely to prolong disharmony than to end it.
Rescuer

Persecutor

Victim
Participants in a drama triangle create misery for themselves and
others. The goal is to transform this lose-lose situation and create a
more positive outcome for everyone.
Each player in this particular mind game begins by assuming one of
three archetypical roles: Victim, Rescuer, or Persecutor.
• Victims are helpless and hopeless. They deny responsibility for their
negative circumstances, and deny possession of the power to change
them. They do less than 50%, won’t take a stand, act “super-sensitive”,
wanting kid glove treatment, and pretend impotence and
incompetence.

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