Presents an informative, lucid and clinically useful account of pathological self-absorption and its deleterious effects upon capacities for concern, love, work and morality. Rather than simply addressing individual psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, the text also elucidates such subjects as the treatment of narcissistic patients in intensive pschiatric milieu, group therapy, schema-focused therapy and couples therapy.
Presents an informative, lucid and clinically useful account of pathological self-absorption and its deleterious effects upon capacities for concern, ...
Written by a group of experts who have previously made contributions to the field, this text offers a comprehensive overview of narcissistic pathology and narcissistic disorders. Combining empirical evidence, clinical diagnostic observations and advances in treatment, the volume addresses subjects at the forefront of narcissism, including cognitive treatment, normal narcissism, pathological narcissism and suicide, and the connection between pathological narcissism, trauma and alexithymia.
Written by a group of experts who have previously made contributions to the field, this text offers a comprehensive overview of narcissistic pathology...