Thanks Starsky, you did answer the nature of my question.

Yes, Conway's stuff is good (of course) and some of the MLC empathetic resources on the web and on paper are helpful, as well. Of course, so is the stuff here and in MWD's published works.

My personal perspective on MLC is, as you stated, it's transition... just not being handled well. The way past transition, just like MLC, has to be THROUGH it.

I do agree that an MLCer is responsible and accountable for their actions. MLC is not an excuse. Still, with MLC, it is dealing with someone who is deeply depressed and operating in many ways from a panic / deep fear state.

I have not yet found a resource that suggests tools or methods to reduce the crises to what might be a more "stable" transition. And from the perspective of a MLCer in an A, I think would completely change the playing field.