“Whenever a young person encounters trauma, they react to it and they also repeat it. Modeling has elements of identifying with the aggressor. In modeling, you don’t resist the dysfunctional mores of your family – you reenact them. You see yourself as you were seen; you internalize bad behavior as normal.”

“Whenever a young person encounters trauma, they react to it and they also repeat it. Modeling has elements of identifying with the aggressor. In modeling, you don’t resist the dysfunctional mores of your family – you reenact them. You see yourself as you were seen; you internalize bad behavior as normal.”

— Terrence Real