We often say 'love' when we really mean, and are acting out, an addiction-a sterile, ingrown dependency relationship, with another person serving as the object of our need for security.
Stanton PeeleWhen people can say to themselves - "What I'm doing is justified," there is little chance of their modifying a behavior.
Stanton PeeleChristopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha have written the essential corrective to the evolutionary psychology literature.
Stanton PeeleAnger management (which is a part of both public displays of rage and spouse abuse) is about changing a person's internal reactions to events (how they see their behavior) by changing the support environment for the behavior (making them see the behavior is wrong).
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