“…Special manifestations of aspects of a masochistic character structure are discussed by Beukenkamp (1955}, Rosenthal (1963 and Livingston (1971). The shoring up of self-esteem in masochistic characters before in-depth interventions are attempted is advocated by Durkin (1954) and Scheidlinger (& Pyrke, 1961;& Holden, 1966) for those patients who are in treatment for ancillary reasons.…”