Part of [[The (Virginia) Satir Model for family therapy]].
For example, say you have bad news to tell somebody, they may respond in one of the following ways:
- Placater (people pleaser)
- Blamer (dominates/attacks)
- Computer (overly logical, transactional)
- Distracter (avoids conflict)
- Leveler (healthy, congruent communicator – the goal)