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A NEXIE Productised Service
SYMBEB
Symbiosis Social Brain Epigenetic Blueprint
Understand how you process. Recognise what you need. Create conditions that help you participate.
A guided, collaborative service that develops a practical strengths-based profile for communication, relationships, learning, stress and participation—without reducing a person to a colour or fixed type.
Understanding before intervention
Begin with the person—not
the presenting problem.
The NEXIE Blueprint identifies a person's natural strengths and preferred ways of connecting, thinking, learning and taking action.
It does not define or label the person. Life experiences influence how the Blueprint is expressed, strengthened, protected or constrained.
The Blueprint shows the individual's natural developmental pattern. Their experiences shape how that pattern is expressed. NEXIE brings both together.
People are often expected to learn, communicate, work or relate in ways that suit an environment but not the individual. Labels such as unmotivated, oppositional, emotional, withdrawn or disorganised can hide the conditions influencing participation.
NEXIE does not begin by asking only:
“What should this person be taught?”
It also asks:
“Who is this person? What is their unique blueprint? What is influencing their capacity to communicate, relate, regulate, learn and participate?”
SYMBEB then asks how the person experiences the setting and what relational, communicative, educational or environmental conditions may support participation.
The resulting Blueprint is a collaborative working document—not an explanation of the person’s biology or a conclusion about their identity.
A proprietary reflective framework
Guided inquiry—not
a biological classification.
SYMBEB is a NEXIE educational and reflective framework. The Mind, Heart and Action lenses, Six Social Brains and colour pathways are proprietary tools for guided inquiry and practical communication.
They are not scientifically validated neurological categories, biological brain types, psychometric scales or measures of personality, intelligence, capability or potential.
Within SYMBEB, epigenetic-informed means recognising that development occurs through continuing interaction between biology, relationships, experiences, culture and environments. The Blueprint does not test, measure or infer genes, gene expression or epigenetic markers.
The SYMBEB lens
Mind. Heart. Action.
Six reflective pathways.
Everyone can think, relate and act. SYMBEB explores whether particular pathways currently feel more natural or useful in particular situations.
The six pathways are prompts for reflection—not fixed results. A person may recognise themselves in more than one pathway, use different approaches in different environments or decide that the suggested pattern does not fit.
Heart
Connect, communicate, recognise relational information and process through interaction.
Action
Move, test, apply, respond practically and learn through direct experience.
Participant-ownedSYMBEB Blueprint01PurpleHeart / Mind 02BlueMind / Heart 03GreenMind / Action 04YellowAction / Mind 05OrangeHeart / Action 06RedAction / Heart
The colours make the framework accessible. They are not rankings, diagnoses or measures of intelligence.
A developing and contextual Blueprint
A working profile—not
a fixed identity.
People may show preferences, strengths and recurring responses, but these can vary across relationships, environments, roles, developmental stages and periods of stress.
A SYMBEB Blueprint records what the participant and facilitator currently understand. It remains open to correction, development and review.
The Blueprint must not be used to decide who a person is, what caused their characteristics or what they will be capable of becoming.
The purpose of symbiosis
Use difference to strengthen
understanding and participation.
One person may need time to think while another needs dialogue. One may seek emotional acknowledgement while another offers a practical solution. SYMBEB helps people check assumptions, communicate needs and design more compatible environments.
“Give me time to think.”
“Help me feel heard.”
“Show me how it works.”
Understanding difference never requires anyone to remain in an unsafe, abusive or exploitative relationship.
The SYMBEB Blueprint Process
Discover, validate and apply
collaboratively.
The participant remains an active author of the Blueprint and may correct, decline or withdraw from parts of the process.
For children and young people, participation must be developmentally appropriate and supported by the consent, assent, safeguarding, privacy and decision-making requirements applying to the setting. A child’s views should be sought and respected according to their age, communication and capacity.
A parent, professional, school, employer or support provider must not assign a Blueprint colour to someone without their meaningful involvement.
Establish the Context
Clarify purpose, application, participation, privacy, boundaries and the person’s hopes.
Explore the Person
Reflect on strengths, interests, communication, relationships, learning, work, values, stress and helpful conditions.
Identify Possible Patterns
Explore Mind, Heart and Action as a working hypothesis—not a result determined from appearance or one behaviour.
Validate With the Person
Invite the participant to correct what does not fit and name the language, context and strengths that matter.
Generate the Blueprint
Create an accessible, strengths-based profile with practical communication, relationship, learning and support guidance.
Apply Across Settings
Create only the participant-approved summaries relevant to home, education, work, counselling, support or transition.
Review and Update
Revisit the blueprint as the person, environment, role and goals change.
What the participant receives
A blueprint designed for
practical use.
The participant chooses which application summaries are created and who may receive them. A school, employer or support worker does not automatically need the complete private profile.
Personal SYMBEB Blueprint
Learning Preferences Summary · Workplace Preferences Summary
Social Brain Reflection Summary
Stress and Support Map · Environment Compatibility Map
Strengths and Capacity Profile
Home Application Plan · Education Application Plan
Communication Guide
Workplace Application Plan · Support-Team Summary
Relationship Compatibility Guide
Blueprint Review Record
Applications across life
Understanding that can travel
between settings.
Only relevant, participant-approved information should travel with the person. Every setting retains its own professional, educational and legal responsibilities.
Individuals & Families
Recognise strengths, communicate needs, understand stress patterns, reduce avoidable misunderstandings and prepare for transitions.
Children & Education
Translate interests, communication, processing time, participation, overload signals and helpful adult responses into learner support.
Tutoring & Learning Support
Reflect on overview, detail, dialogue, demonstration, pace, movement, feedback, interests and recovery after frustration.
Counselling & Reflective Support
Qualified professionals may use a shared language for communication, values, relationships, stress and goals within scope.
Disability & Community Support
Strengthen person-centred communication, supported choice, predictability, environmental consistency and participation.
Work & Careers
Support voluntary reflection on communication, onboarding, teamwork, feedback, adjustments, leadership and career transition.
For workplaces and organisations
Strengthen communication without turning difference into
an employment label.
Approved organisational editions may support voluntary communication workshops, onboarding reflection, inclusive leadership and team development.
Participation must have a genuine, consequence-free alternative. Employees should understand what information will be collected, who can access it, how it will be used, where it will be stored and how consent may be withdrawn.
Unless a separate lawful and clearly explained arrangement applies, employers should receive group-level learning or participant-selected workplace summaries—not complete private Blueprints.
SYMBEB must not be used to:
- Require unnecessary personal, health or disability disclosure
- Operate as recruitment or workplace psychometrics
- Infer disability, neurodivergence or mental-health information
- Rank employees or compare colour profiles
- Determine recruitment, promotion, performance management or termination
- Treat a colour as evidence of competence, compatibility or leadership potential
- Restrict opportunities according to an assigned profile
- Share results without informed and applicable consent
- Replace qualified workplace assessment
- Automate or materially determine employment decisions
- Disadvantage a person who declines participation
Professional applications
Add a blueprint lens to
your existing role.
Specialist application depends on independent qualifications, competence, governance and the rights attached to the selected edition.
Counselling & Allied Health
Reflective profiles for communication, relationships, goals and environmental understanding within professional scope.
Tutoring & Education
Translate learner preferences into accessible instruction, engagement and collaboration.
HR & Leadership
Voluntary team reflection, communication and inclusive workplace development—not selection or assessment.
Disability & Community
Person-centred communication, supported choice, consistency and participation.
Parenting & Family Education
Recognise strengths, stress patterns, communication differences and compatible routines.
Youth, Career & Enterprise
Connect strengths and working preferences with future learning, employment and enterprise exploration.
The SYMBEB Blueprint Facilitator
Guide discovery without telling people
who they are.
A facilitator holds a transparent reflective process. They do not own the participant’s identity or turn a working profile into an unquestionable conclusion.
- Explain the framework and its boundaries
- Explore Mind, Heart and Action
- Gather information across approved settings
- Recognise strengths and stress responses
- Separate observation from assumption
- Test possible interpretations
- Use participant-owned language
- Create relevant application summaries
- Protect privacy and consent
- Review the profile over time
- Determine a profile from appearance
- Diagnose a participant
- Claim genetic or epigenetic testing
- Treat a colour as biologically fixed
- Force a preferred result with leading questions
- Interpret every behaviour through SYMBEB
- Practise outside actual qualifications
- Share a blueprint without consent
- Promise health, learning or employment outcomes
SYMBEB service formats
One framework. Different
application editions.
Personal learning, professional use, organisational use and licensed delivery carry different capability and use-right requirements.
Personal Blueprint
Self-understanding, communication, stress awareness, relationships and development.
Family Blueprint
Shared understanding across family relationships, routines, communication and support.
Learner Blueprint
Learning, tutoring, education, transition and participation.
Youth & Career Blueprint
Strengths, communication, employment preferences and future pathways.
Workplace Blueprint
Voluntary working preferences, team contribution and environmental compatibility.
Professional Blueprint
Application by eligible professionals within their independent scope.
Organisational Workshop
Team communication and inclusive reflection without individual employment assessment.
Licensed Blueprint Service
Authorised delivery using approved resources and Licensed Delivery Rights.
Suggested service sequence
Context before pattern.
Validation before application.
Session number and length vary with edition, developmental capacity and setting.
Context and Consent
→Mind, Heart and Action
→Patterns and Strengths
→Stress and Relationships
→Blueprint Validation
→Application Planning
→Apply, revisit and refine
The Productised Service Pack
Practical resources for
consistent, ethical delivery.
Different editions combine only the resources, learning and Licensed Delivery Rights appropriate to that service.
01 · Facilitator Manual02 · Participant Workbook03 · Mind, Heart and Action Module04 · Six Social Brains Guides05 · Discovery Questions06 · Strengths and Preferences Cards07 · Stress and Support Map08 · Environment Compatibility Tool09 · Blueprint Generation Template10 · Application Summaries11 · Consent and Information-Sharing Templates12 · Quality and Review Checklist
SYMBEB
Blueprint Facilitator Collection
Discover · Validate · Apply · Review
Facilitator learning pathway
Build capability for ethical
blueprint practice.
The NEXIE Method foundationsMind, Heart and Action processingSix Social BrainsStrengths and needs mappingCommunication and relationship patternsStress and protective responsesObservation and reflective inquiryAccessible facilitationChildren and family applicationEducation and workplace applicationDisability-inclusive practiceCulture, context and biasConsent and privacyProfessional boundaries and referralReport writing and quality assuranceLicensed service delivery requirements
Digital pathway
A future guided blueprint experience through
My NEXIE.
A future experience may support accessible reflection, participant-approved contributions, setting-specific summaries and ongoing review. It must support trained facilitation—not act as an automated psychological assessment.
Privacy-by-design, informed consent, age-appropriate safeguards, accessibility, secure storage and controls against inappropriate clinical or employment use are essential.
Future guided experience
What would you like to understand?
Mind
Heart
Action
No automated profile or diagnosisPathway Access
Continue through
My NEXIE.
As pathways open, individuals, families, professionals, organisations and future facilitators will be able to access the appropriate learning and service editions. Professional and licensed editions may require additional capability, training, supervision and use rights.
Questions and Answers
Understand SYMBEB
before you begin.
What does SYMBEB mean?+
Symbiosis Social Brain Epigenetic Blueprint. It is an educational and reflective framework for understanding processing, communication, relationships, learning, stress and participation.
Is SYMBEB a personality test?+
No. It is not a standardised psychometric. Guided reflection, observation and participant validation produce a practical working blueprint.
Is my Social Brain determined at birth?+
The framework explores tendencies that may appear early, but does not claim a profile is genetically fixed. Development continues through relationships, culture, learning, experience and environment.
Can a facilitator determine my profile by looking at me?+
No. Facial appearance, eye contact, gestures or a single behaviour are not sufficient. The profile is developed collaboratively across contexts.
Is the blueprint a diagnosis?+
No. It does not diagnose disability, neurodivergence, learning disorders, personality, trauma or mental-health conditions.
Can it be used with children?+
Yes, through an age-appropriate process with parent or carer consent, meaningful child participation and careful decisions about what is shared.
Can counsellors and tutors use it?+
Eligible professionals may use the appropriate edition within their existing qualifications, competence and governance. SYMBEB learning does not independently create professional authority.
Can an employer require employees to complete it?+
Organisational participation should be transparent, relevant and voluntary. SYMBEB must not be used as recruitment psychometrics or the sole basis for employment decisions.
Can the same blueprint be shared everywhere?+
Only with informed consent. Setting-specific summaries are preferable because each recipient should receive only the information they need.
Does facilitator learning provide commercial rights?+
Not automatically. Delivery depends on completed learning, relevant capability, the Service Pack and the Licensed Delivery Rights supplied by NEXIE.
Are the Six Social Brains scientifically validated brain types?+
No. They are proprietary NEXIE reflection and communication lenses. They are not scientifically validated neurological categories, psychological personality types or biological classifications. Colours support reflection and must not be presented as proof of brain structure or future behaviour.
Does ‘epigenetic’ mean the Blueprint identifies biological influences?+
No. SYMBEB does not test genes, gene expression, epigenetic markers, neurological activity or biological inheritance. Epigenetic-informed learning is a broad developmental reminder that biology, relationships, experiences and environments may interact over time. It does not identify biological causes, predict outcomes or assign a profile.
Purpose. Pathway. Possibility.