Tag: Blocked Refuge

Blocked Refuge describes conditions in which a person’s apparent avenues of protection, comfort, recognition, or escape are unavailable, unsafe, discredited, or controlled by the same arrangement producing harm.

Within developmental captivity, the people representing love and protection may themselves participate in coercion, leaving the child without a usable protective relationship.

Blocked refuge concerns the practical absence of safety, even when potential helpers or institutions are physically present.