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• Shame and Dependence by Dorothy Chance, 8/6/97
  • Difficult Families and Caregiving: Attack-Other? by Sue Deppe, MD, Burlington, VT, 8/7/97
    
    

Thank you so much for your thoughtful response. "Attack response" certainly describes this behavior. And in our situation, the person is not at all "aware" or needful of "change" as you could "assume" in a therapeutic environment.

I will certainly take a look at the Tompkins site. You are so right to mention that grasping and making usable these theories can be difficult without conversation!

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