HELPLESS HELPERS

On the psychological difficulties of working in supportive professions

The source of helpers’ helplessness is the excessive strain placed on their altruistic ideals about socially-minded service. Published here as a paperback in a revised and extended edition, this classic work describes the detrimental effects of inflexible ideals in the lives not only of individuals but also groups and populations.

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  • Publisher: Rowohlt Taschenbuch
  • Release: 01.09.1992
  • ISBN: 978-3-499-19196-1
  • 252 Pages
  • Author: Wolfgang Schmidbauer

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Buchcover von HELPLESS HELPERS: Über die seelische Problematik der helfenden Berufe
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Wolfgang Schmidbauer

Born in 1941, Wolfgang Schmidbauer received his doctorate in psychology from the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, writing his thesis on “Myth and Psychology”. He lives in Munich and in Dießen am Ammersee, has three grown up daughters and has an established practice as a psychoanalyst. As well as a number of non-fiction books, some of which have become bestsellers, he has written stories, novels and other pieces on his childhood and youth experiences. He is also a columnist, writing regularly for academic journals and popular media.