Disappearing Male

The Disappearing Male by Joan Lachkar, PhD, provides psychoanalytic/psychodynamic descriptions of eight different kinds of men who "disappear" from relationships seemingly without warning or explanation. This book can help to assist the women affected in recognizing the danger signs to prevent them from faltering in their relationship efforts. This book is significant to the awareness and self-esteem of women in relationships, the dating world, and to the therapists that treat them.

Joan Lachkar, Ph.D., a psychoanalyst in private practice in California, is the author of The Many Faces of Abuse: Treating the Emotional Abuse of High-Functioning Women, The Narcissistic/Borderline Couple: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Marital Treatment, and numerous publications on marital and political conflict. She is an affiliate member of the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, and adjunct professor at Mount Saint Mary's College, and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Emotional Abuse.

Contents: Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Overview of The Disappearing Male Chapter 2 Theoretical Framework Chapter 3 The Disappearing Narcissist Chapter 4 The Disappearing Borderline Chapter 5 The Disappearing Schizoid Chapter 6 The Disappearing Obsessive Compulsive Chapter 7 The Disappearing Passive Aggressive Chapter 8 The Disappearing Depressive Chapter 9 The Disappearing Cross-Cultural Man Chapter 10 The Disappearing Woman Chapter 11 Treatment Techniques, Approaches Epilogue: Closing Thoughts References Glossary Index About the Author