Control Games: Avoiding Intimacy on the Singles Scene

by Gerald Alper

We all have a profound need for intimacy, a need that is often massively frustrated in contemporary society. Unable to obtain genuine closeness, we often try instead to control one another, which unfortunately makes real intimacy even less likely. Nationally known psychotherapist Gerald Alper presents an original book that shows how these dynamics of control are particularly played out on the singles scene between people who are self-consciously pursuing an intimate connection while consciously (and paradoxically) avoiding one. Specific treatment approaches to helping people overcome these self-defeating games are thoroughly discussed.

232 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1996