This book is about learning how to confront toxic people if life has brought you together without providing an immediate escape. People with whom communication takes all your strength and energy are often called psycho-vampires. The book will introduce you to the variety of their types. You will learn which people are attracted to this or that type of "victim," what are the mechanisms of their influence and what are the ways to counteract. The authors - psychiatrist and psychologist Hamid Pezeshkian and journalist and business coach Connie Voigt - easily talk about this in simple language, give examples from life and their own practice.