With more than 100,000 copies in print, Living with the Passive-Aggressive Man draws on case histories from clinical psychologist Scott Wetzler's practice to help you identify the destructive behavior, the root causes and motivations, and solutions.Do you know one of these men?The catch-me-if-you-can lover...Phil's romantic and passionate one minute, distant and cold the next.The deviously manipulative coworker or boss...Jack denies resenting Nora's rapid rise in the company, but when they're assigned to work together on a project, he undermines her.The obstructionist, procrastinating husband...Bob keeps telling his wife he'll finish the painting job he began years ago, but he never seems to get around to it.These are all classic examples of the passive-aggressive man. This personality syndrome?in which hostility wears a mask of passivity?is currently the number one source of men's problems in relationships and on the job. In Living with the Passive-Aggressive Man, Scott Wetzler draws upon numerous case histories from his own practice to explain how and why the passive-aggressive man thinks, feels, and acts the way he does. Dr. Wetzler also offers advice on:• How to avoid playing victim, manager, or rescuer to the ?P-A?• How to get his anger and fear into the open• How to help the ?P-A? become a better lover, husband, and father• How to survive passive-aggressive game playing on the jobLiving with a man's passive aggression can be an emotional seesaw ride. But armed with this book, you can avoid the bumpy landings.

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CONTENTSIntroduction1 Anatomy of Passive-Aggression2 On an Emotional Seesaw with the Passive-Aggressive Man3 Who Falls for the Passive-Aggressive Man?4 The Passive-Aggressive Man: Growing Up and Getting That Way5 Riding the Dependency Treadmill6 Facing the Dragon: The Passive-Aggressive Man and Anger7 Making Connections: Intimacy and Commitment8 Sex and the Passive-Aggressive Man9 Marriage and Parenthood10 The Mine Field: The Passive-Aggressive Man at WorkEpilogueIndex