The authors define the help-rejecting complainer (HRC) with clinical illustrations, compare him with the sadomasochist, and offer techniques for treatment. They quote Frank, 'The pattern of the HRC is characterized by behavior suggesting that the patients fear that they will be ignored unless they manifest a continuing claim for attention. They do this by repeatedly presenting a complaint or problem, while at the same time … rejecting any advice or help offered… Its effects are to cause others … to offer advice, and to … break the continuity of the group. The would-be help givers soon become … annoyed.' They conclude the HRCs appear to lack belief in the possibility of authentic human experience. People were rejected as independent entities, but regarded as objects for manipulation. Group rather than individual therapy precipitates and reveals the HRC process.