Which of the following is NOT a Satir communication style?

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Satir’s communication styles describe common ways people respond to conflict: placating, where you try to please others to avoid disagreement; blaming, where you attack or accuse others to deflect responsibility; distracting, where you change the subject or divert attention from the issue; and computing, where you rely on logical, detached analysis to stay in control and avoid emotional engagement. Logical analysis isn’t one of the named patterns in Satir’s framework, even though it can resemble the computing style in some situations. The term used in Satir’s model for the rational, emotion-minimizing approach is computing, not “logical analysis.” So the option that does not fit as a Satir communication style is the one described as logical analysis.