The Descriptive Model

This model shows how we function or behave with others. The model used here is divided up into nine and we have used Susannah Temple's (1999) term "mode" as it differentiates it from the structural ego state model mentioned above. We colour the different modes in red and green for those who find colour helpful as a tool. Effective communication comes from the green modes, (just as with traffic lights we get the go ahead when the green light comes on), and ineffective communication come from the red modes (as with the red traffic light). When we come from the red modes we invite a negative response, and vice versa from the green modes.

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