I was honoured to write another article for the fine people at Youthscape. In this article I introduced the concept of the drama triangle and its relevance for youth work
Karpman suggests that when social systems are dysfunctional (and we can maybe also add ‘when we are stressed and not showing up as the best version of ourselves’), people tend to fall into one of three automatic patterns: victim, rescuer and persecutor. Let’s have a look at these roles.
You can read the article here.