"Based on current research showing neuroplasticity of the brain, the authors posit that treating ASD through intensive engagement of caregiver and child makes possible the successful psychoanalytic treatment of a neurobiological disorder. To this end, the authors examine both th…
"Based on current research showing neuroplasticity of the brain, the authors posit that treating ASD through intensive engagement of caregiver and child makes possible the successful psychoanalytic treatment of a neurobiological disorder. To this end, the authors examine both th…
Selflessness as an addiction -- The role of the unconscious -- Mask or masquerade? -- When being good goes bad -- The illusion of closeness -- Primed to please -- The pursuit of the lost self -- Life beyond trauma -- Three R's: rebuilding, re-training, recovery -- Once a please …
Breaking the Addiction to Please discusses the causes of the addiction to please, including childhood trauma, that are concealed by the Mask of Kindness. Insights, exercises, medication, and other interventions are presented to replace the 'Mask,' beginning with a Rebuilding pha…
Psychotherapist Barbanell (supervisor, New Jersey Inst. for Training; Removing the Mask of Kindness) presents an important analysis of the less-known "caretaker personality disorder," characterized as an addiction to helping others. These unusual caregivers have a craving to ple…
Clinical Perspectives on Reflective Parenting addresses the reasons for focusing on understanding a child's emotional world as a way of becoming a more effective parent. The book also addresses techniques for assisting parents to accomplish this understanding.
Resistance is the word for a patient's defense mechanisms encountered in psychotherapy. They protect the individual from a variety of conscious or unconscious intrapsychic or interpersonal dangers, but interfere with the process of exploration and discovery, causing an impasse i…
"This book is written for the professional psychotherapist who may be puzzled as to why work with a particular patient or client is going nowhere. It brings to the therapist's attention a wide variety of these defenses, these resistances, so that they can be addressed and resolv…
