Removing the mask of kindness
Subtitle: diagnosis and treatment of the caretaker personality disorder
By: Les Barbanell
Publisher: Jason Aronson
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
Subjects: Personality disorders; Caregivers -- Psychology; Caregivers -- Mental health
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-186) and index
Table of contents: title: Psychological and emotional survival; title: The benign and pathological use of masks; title: Factors in the choice of protective strategies; title: From identity to catastrophe: when masks fail to protect; title: Diagnosis of the caretaker personality disorder; title: Caretaker personality disorder  and other clinical states; title: The psychotherapist with caretaker personality disorder; title: Obstacles toward discarding the false self; title: Treatment and the shift toward self-focus; title: Observing and measuring indications of change