


Karpman described how in some cases these roles were not undertaken in an honest manner to resolve the presenting problem, but rather were used fluidly and switched between by the actors in a way that achieved unconscious goals and agendas. The triangle of actors in the drama are persecutors, victims, and rescuers. The drama triangle model is a tool used in psychotherapy, specifically transactional analysis. The triangle maps a type of destructive interaction that can occur among people in conflict.

The Karpman drama triangle is a social model of human interaction proposed by Stephen B. Model of human interaction (proposed 1968) Drama triangle proposed by Stephen Karpman
