Mode State Stage is a new model for understanding ourselves and others. It enables this understanding by combining structure and process. This article is aimed at providing an overview of the model. Each of the elements (Mode, State, Stage) of the model is dealt with, starting with ‘Mode’. Note that all elements, or aspects, of […]

Know your Modal Disposition The Mode State Stage (MSS) model (the MSS-J16) reflects psychiatrist Dr Carl Jung’s four functions (Sharp 12) – feeling, intuition, sensing, and thinking – as quadrants of the circle (for this diagram, see modestatestage.com/mode-state-stage-an-overview) representing the whole of cognition and Jung's psychological functions – otherwise described as personality inclination and mindset. […]

Discover your Mode of Knowing and Being (your Functional Stack or Personality Type) Discover your modal stack, or personality type, in four easy steps (the MSS four-step method), depending on your level of self-awareness – using Dr Carl Gustav Jung's (Jung 1921) four-basic-function/two-attitude model – which in the Mode State Stage (MSS) model equates to […]

The Benefits of Integrating the Shadow Mode What is the Shadow? A construct developed by Dr Carl Jung, the Shadow for the sake of this post is synonymous with the unconscious aspects of ourselves. Beyond its pertinence to this blog post, the Shadow in Jung’s theory of the psyche extended to repressed memories, as well […]