Top Question about Manipulators: Can They Ever Really Change? March 16, 2012Abuse, Psychological Manipulation, Relationships, Therapycharacter, character disturbance, covert-aggression, manipulation, manipulators, personality, slot machine syndrome, therapy, Unhealthy RelationshipsDr. Simon By far, the most frequent question I get about manipulators and other problem characters is: “Can they ever really change?”