About This Resource: This interactive tool maps the Cycle of Resentment, an escalating four-stage pattern that develops between two people: provocation of anger, entrenchment, an interpersonal rupture, and eventual isolation — before the cycle often turns and begins again. Rather than treating resentment as something that lives inside one person, this tool shows how each stage lands on the other person and provokes their own response, creating a self-reinforcing loop. Clients can click through each stage to see what’s happening inside them, what they tend to do, and how it ripples out to affect the relationship, along with guidance on breaking the cycle before it repeats. A client psychoeducation resource from Stafford & Associates Counseling.