For such a client.
What she needs to do is never to define her.
She only needs to provide her with analysis, to help her see more clearly the problems she has discovered in herself.
Finally, tell her what she should do about it.
Mental manipulation can truly destroy a person's will.
The most painful moment for someone being manipulated is when you realize you are hopelessly distant from the best version of yourself—your true self.
Liang Yiyi lost her confidence, self-esteem, independence, courage, and happiness in this intimate relationship.
She spent a long time only wanting her husband's approval.
Until recently, she began to understand that this was a goal she could never achieve.
This indicates that she has been manipulated to the third stage.
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In the first stage of being manipulated, Liang Yiyi hoped to gain her husband's approval, for him to affirm that she is a lovely, outstanding, and lovable person.
But if she couldn't achieve it, she could still accept it.
