It should have been such an easy chore, 'take this cow to market to sell'. But Jack got side-lined by a strange man who persuaded him to exchange the cow for magic beans. At this moment I believe Jack entered the 'Drama triangle'. Karpman's drama triangle is a model of human interaction that has been referred to in psychology since Stephen Karpman devised it in 1968. Three roles that people consciously or unconsciously fall into. The strange man Jack met could be seen to b

As the flames twisted and turned before my eyes I felt the familiar pain of angst rise, Alert turned amber, beneath my skin as beats steadily, increased within. Fingers curled into the ground Escape routes calculated and quickly found. But you sensed my distress, and even though you couldn't see the burning demons in front of me, you held my hand and said 'tell me' and as I described the fie

Someone once said that a good friend is just as helpful as a counsellor. And I held onto that idea for most of my life - wanting to be the type of friend who people felt they could talk to, listening to their issues and talking through their feelings and vice versa. Great stuff! But its not the same. As a friend, I was aware of and entangled in their life. I might know their partner, children, parents and have my own connection with those people. So while listening to my f