Virginia Satir Communication Styles

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5Different styles of Communica tion

PlacatorPleads for quiet at all costs Always looking for approval Uses shrill or very soft voiceAlways apologizing

Agrees with everything, minimizes the problem

Body Language Looks very helpless

Finding fault elsewhere Dictator

Acts superior to everyoneDefensive, loneliness Loud, hard voice Nagging Always disagreeing Flips information onto someone else

Blamer

ComputerVery analyticalUltra reasonable

Monotone Motionless Vulnerable

Very correct, no feelings showing Abstract sentences

The DistractorWords totally irrelevent Trying to be away or doing something else during a conflict

The LevelerThe person who uses this their words and actions are consistent

Uses all the styles at the appropriate times.