Traumatic Narcissism

Traumatic Narcissism presents therapeutic clinical opportunities for all mental health professionals. In this Classic Edition, Shaw offers insights from his extensive work with these victims and elaborates on the traumatizing narcissist's "delusion of omnipotence," a crucial key to understanding his behavior and what drives it.

Daniel Shaw, LCSW is a psychoanalytically oriented, trauma informed psychotherapist practicing in New York City. He is the author of Traumatic Narcissism and Recovery: Leaving the Prison of Shame and Fear, and he is preparing an upcoming publication titled The Traumatic Narcissism Theory: A Contemporary Introduction. He lectures on topics related to narcissistic abuse internationally, leads consultation groups online, and is faculty and clinical supervisor at The National Institute for the Psychotherapies, in New York City.

Introduction to the Classic Edition 1. The Relationality of Narcissism 2. The Adult Child of the Traumatizing Narcissist: Enter Ghosts! 3. Traumatic Narcissism in Cults 4. Narcissistic Authoritarianism in Psychoanalysis 5. Traumatic Narcissism in Couples: Invisible Violence and Clinical Morality 6. "But What Do I Do?": Finding the Path to Freedom 7. On the Therapeutic Action of Analytic Love 8. Analytic Love Revisited: 'Narcissists 'R' Us!