Back to: Psychological Implications of HelpingAs explained before the art of helping requires a sensitive balance of giving and taking, of altruism and egoism. When this balance is inappropriate the consequences can be severe. A particular, widespread phenomenon among helpers is the so-called helper syndrome. Its clinical picture was first described during the 1970s by the German psychoanalyst Wolfgang Schmidbauer … Helper Syndrome – When Helping Becomes a Problem weiterlesen