Glass House Conditioning

Glass House Conditioning introduces a new framework for understanding how people learn to shrink themselves in order to gain acceptance, avoid rejection, or survive within systems that reward conformity. Drawing from psychology, identity development, culture, and lived experience, Dr. Dawne Washington examines the hidden rules that shape behavior and the emotional cost of living behind invisible expectations.Through the Positional Model of Conditional Belonging, readers are challenged to recognize patterns of self-abandonment, question inherited narratives, and begin reclaiming an authentic sense of self. Rather than focusing only on individual behavior, this book explores how relationships, institutions, and social environments influence identity, belonging, and psychological well-being.Insightful and thought-provoking, Glass House Conditioning offers a fresh perspective for students, clinicians, educators, researchers, and anyone seeking to better understand the forces that shape how we see ourselves and each other.