I love how Asshat made a point of saying that it was HIS idea to start doing things to give Abbie more of a sense of being in control. Because, as usual, HE knows best when it comes to Abbie. Trained professionals who have had years of education and experience?? Pffffftt!!
What do they know?? Only Asshat Almighty has the best and most effective ideas to help Abbie.
Also, as others have said on here, it has only just NOW occurred to him that Abbie would feel a lot better if she had more feelings of being in control?? REALLY?? I guess it took this long for him to ''have the personal awareness' to see it from Abbie's perspective. As I said before, he only thinks of himself and his opinions/perspectives are the only ones that matter to him. It's also rich coming from Mr Control Freak himself. He always has to be in control of 'all the things' because that's what makes him feel better. Except that in his case, he takes it to the extreme and also to the detrimental side of things.
It also seemed like he was saying, from the way he worded it, that he only wanted Abbie to feel like she was in control, not that she actually IS in control of anything. Just give her the illusion of it. Anyone else feel that way??