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ForwardWhat Do We Know About DARVO, Institutional DARVO, and Anti-DARVO?
Abstract
DARVO (Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender) refers to a behavioral pattern displayed by some individuals in response to an accusation of wrongdoing. The individual may Deny the behavior, Attack the accuser, and Reverse the roles of Victim and Offender such that the accused person assumes the victim role and turns the accuser into an alleged offender. This occurs, for instance, when a perpetrator assumes the role of "falsely accused" and attacks the victim’s credibility and labels the victim a perpetrator for making a false accusation. Institutional DARVO, a pernicious form of institutional betrayal, occurs when the DARVO is committed by an institution (or with institutional complicity). Anti-DARVO refers to methods that reduce the negative impact of DARVO and/or reduce the prevalence of DARVO by teaching more constructive responses to allegations. In this presentation Freyd will discuss the roles of DARVO and institutional DARVO in public settings and she will present findings from the growing research literature on DARVO, including new findings generated by the Center for Institutional Courage. This research has begun to reveal aspects of who uses DARVO, who gets DARVOed, and DARVO’s impact on targets and observers. Freyd will conclude with findings and suggestions for promoting Anti-DARVO.
This session was originally presented as a live conference session in April 2023.
Target Audience
Beginning/Introductory
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to:
- Define DARVO and provide at least three public examples of DARVO in action
- Explain three research findings about the impact of DARVO
- Define Institutional DARVO and understand at least one way to counter it through institutional courage
Presenter: Jennifer J. Freyd, PhD
Presenter Bio: Jennifer J. Freyd, PhD, is the Founder and President of the Center for Institutional Courage, Professor Emerit of Psychology at the University of Oregon, and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the School of Medicine at Stanford University. Freyd is a widely published scholar known for her theories of betrayal trauma, institutional betrayal, institutional courage, and DARVO. The author or coauthor of over 200 articles and op-eds, Freyd is also the author of the Harvard Press award-winning book Betrayal Trauma: The Logic of Forgetting Childhood Abuse. Her most recent book Blind to Betrayal, co-authored with Pamela J. Birrell, was published by John Wiley, with seven additional translations. She is also a Member of the Advisory Committee, 2019-2023, for the Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education, National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. Freyd was in 1989-90 and again in 2018-19 a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. In 2021 Freyd and the University of Oregon settled Freyd’s precedent-setting equal pay lawsuit. Freyd has received numerous awards including being named a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow, an Erskine Fellow at The University of Canterbury in New Zealand, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation selected Freyd for the Lifetime Achievement Award. Freyd was selected for the 2021 Christine Blasey Ford Woman of Courage Award by the Association for Women in Psychology. Freyd currently serves as the Editor of The Journal of Trauma & Dissociation.
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- 1.50 ISSTD Certificate ProgramThis program is eligible for 1.50 credits in the ISSTD Certificate Program. No certificate of completion is generated for this type of credit.
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