During the process of treatment, Mr. Medieros recognized how he was victimized by his parents, and that past generations were also victimized by their parents. In recognizing this he began to see his parents less as monsters and more as struggling human beings, themselves acting out invisible loyalties. Therefore, he was able to block the transgenerational pattern of destructive entitlement and allowed the positive transmission of relational resources. The process by which he earned entitlement by dealing with issues with his own parents is called: