White Knight Syndrome · Rescuing Yourself From Your Need to Rescue Others by Krieger, Marilyn -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction

The Contemporary White Knight Behind the Motivation to Rescue Who This Book Is For Why We Wrote This Book What This Book Covers Let’s Begin

1. White Knight Basics

White Knight Commonalities The Subtypes The Rescuer Who May Also Be the Rescued The White Knight Syndrome

2. The White Knight in Training

Attachment and Your Brain Relationships Create Beliefs Little Rescuers Taking the Blame Shame and Inadequacy The Little White Knight Grows Up Summing Up

3. Heart of the Knight

Conceptualizing Altruism The Altruism-Empathy Connection Conceptualizing Empathy Empathy and the Brain Empathy and the White Knight White Knight Altruism The Complexity of Motivation Summing Up

4. White Knight Self-Protection

Your Self Protecting Your Self Trapped in the Armor: A White Knight’s Dream Summing Up

5. Knight Stories: The Overly Empathic White Knight

Understanding Betsy Understanding Ron Overly Empathic Patterns Summing Up

6. Knight Stories: The Tarnished White Knight

Understanding Brad Understanding Kimberly Tarnished Patterns Summing Up

7. Knight Stories: The Terrorizing/Terrified White Knight

Understanding Brenda Understanding Victor Terrorizing/Terrified Patterns Summing Up

8. The Rescued

The Two Categories of Rescued Partners White Knight or Rescued: Who Is Who? Variations of the Rescued Summing Up

9. The Balanced Rescuer

Understanding Denise Understanding Keith Balanced Rescuer Patterns Summing Up

10. White Knight Self-Reflection

Self-Perspective Rescuing Yourself Final Reflections

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