Some parents who believe their college-age sons or daughters have been brainwashed by religious cults kidnap their children and have them deprogrammed. should they be allowed to do this?

“an abused child's thoughts occasionally drift to other, less anxiety-arousing topics; this anxiety reduction thus serves to strengthen 'other' thoughts, while weakening the thoughts about abuse.” a psychologist with which theoretical background would be most likely to offer this quotation as an explanation for the development of dissociative disorders?