Removing the Mask of Kindness
eBook - ePub

Removing the Mask of Kindness

Diagnosis and Treatment of the Caretaker Personality Disorder

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Removing the Mask of Kindness

Diagnosis and Treatment of the Caretaker Personality Disorder

About this book

Character traits may be used as defenses, or, 'coping mechanisms' that may be developed by individuals in an exaggerated fashion in order to conceal psychological conflicts. When these mechanisms break down, previously repressed trauma erupts into consciousness. One such trait is selflessness. Les Barbanell examines the transformation of selflessness into the Caretaker Personality Disorder and how it is not always better to give than receive, that being good can go bad, and that the 'disease to please' can even be fatal.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Table of Contents
  5. PREFACE
  6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  7. I - THE INBORN ABILITY TO PROTECT THE SELF
  8. 2 - KINDNESS AS DECEPTION
  9. 3 - TREATMENT
  10. APPENDIX A: GLOSSARY
  11. APPENDIX B:THE SELFLESS PERSONALITY SCALE
  12. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  13. INDEX
  14. ABOUT THE AUTHOR