I Think So

• Happy New Year! by Don Nathanson, 12/31/97
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    • Attachment Abusers by Chris Thomas, 1/10/98
      
      

Chris, my answer to your question would be yes. I would like to add, however, that it my opinion the best parts of Stosny's book are (1) his educational exercises to help users of them become more mutually understanding and less inclined to exacerbate one another's shame and other negative affects and (2) his empirical findings with respect to the benefits for those who have used his exercises. For an explanatory way to account theoretically for the presence of abusive behavior, Don Nathanson's compass of shame (found in his book Shame and Pride), and especially the attack-other pole wherein one invents a supposed "inferior other," may also serve and with somewhat more conceptual economy and comprehension.

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