11. Unconscious Communication Patterns

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Activities are based on Chapter 11, “Unconscious Communication Patterns,” in Healing with Language.

Unconscious Communication

From previous chapters (and from personal experience) you know that much behavior, including communication, occurs below the level of conscious awareness. Some unconscious patterns are useful, and some are not.

  1. What exactly is bypassing? Describe a situation in which you and another individual experienced bypassing (and lived to tell about it).
  2. What is the Johari Window, and how is it related to the aspects of personality typically called Shadow?
  3. What is the Drama Triangle, and why would you want to get off it?
  4. What are preconceived perceptual frames (PPFs), and how do they relate to the roles on the Drama and Cognitive Triangles? How does your perception from the Transrational Pyramid help you recognize and integrate PPFs?

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