08/11/2023
DARVO
I see a lot of this with clients. They mess up and before you know it they turn blaming me.
A term I had never heard about until I did some research into it
How people try to escape accountability
DENY the behaviour
ATTACK the individual doing the confronting
REVERSE the roles of the VICTIM and OFFENDER
The perpetrator assumes the victim role and turns the true victim (or the whistle blower) into and alleged offender / attacker by trying to undermine their credibility through false accusations