# Jennifer Freyd American psychologist (University of Oregon) known for developing the concepts of **betrayal trauma** and **DARVO** ("Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender") — a coined acronym describing the manipulation tactic by which perpetrators, when confronted, deny wrongdoing, attack the accuser, and recast themselves as the true victim. DARVO is a heavily used analytical lens in the Right Wing KB for decoding authoritarian and abuser rhetoric, propaganda, and the inversion of victim and aggressor. > [!note] Stub > Minimum-viable page created to resolve inbound wikilinks. Expand with the DARVO mechanics and betrayal-trauma theory.