When Helping You Is Hurting Me Escaping the Messiah Trap

by Berry, Carmen Renee

• ISBN13: 9780824521080
• ISBN10: 0824521080
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-01
• Publisher: Crossroad

Summary

The author with her unsurpassed ability as a writer and teacher shows how we can only help others once we learn to love ourselves.

Author Biography

Carmen Renee Berry, a former psychotherapist, is the author or co-author of fifteen books. Carmen holds a degree in Social Sciences from Northern Arizona University and an MSW from the University of Southern California. She resides in Sierra Madre, California

Table of Contents

How I Learned about the Messiah Trap	9	(4)
What Is the Messiah Trap?	13	(10)
Can There Be a Hidden Trap in a ``Happy'' Childhood?	23	(12)
How Messiahs Are Trapped through Childhood Trauma	35	(14)
What Kind of Messiah Are You?	49	(20)
What Are the Eight Messiah Characteristics?	69	(18)
How the Messiah Trap Hurts Others	87	(24)
How to Escape the Messiah Trap	111	(12)
Take the Path of Freedom	123	(28)
Appendix A: The Victim-Offender-Messiah Response Pattern to the Victimization Experience	151	(16)
Appendix B: Are You Trapped in a Messiah Organization?	167	(6)
Acknowledgments	173	(2)
Professional Consultation	175	(1)
About the Author	176