The Critically Reflective Practitioner by Sue Thompson Neil Thompson

Author:Sue Thompson, Neil Thompson [Sue Thompson, Neil Thompson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781352002157
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2018-03-19T00:00:00+00:00

The victim. This person has a real or imagined understanding that someone is doing them harm, is bringing a threat to their happiness, or is in some way persecuting them.

The persecutor. This person is perceived by the ‘victim’ as the guilty party, as the person responsible for causing the problems.

The rescuer. This is the person who is seen by the ‘victim’ as an avenue for addressing the problems caused by the ‘persecutor’.

The problem with this triangle is that it involves the development of an unhealthy dynamic. Members of the helping professions can be a prime target for being seen as a ‘rescuer’ – seduced into taking sides and losing neutrality, perhaps only to find out later that the victim’s perception of being persecuted was not an accurate one (it is sometimes the case that it turns out to be the ‘victim’ who has been doing the persecuting). The drama triangle can lead us to adopt one person’s partial interpretation instead of developing our own more holistic, thorough and impartial assessment. Being aware of the dangers of the drama triangle can help us to avoid falling into the trap of being drawn into taking sides.

This provides an important example of where reflection-in-action can make the difference between mindful and mindless practice and thereby empower us as workers and managers – where drawing on research and practice experience can highlight awareness and help prevent our objec-tivity being compromised.

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