Book Announcement by Daniel Shaw (USA)
Daniel Shaw once again explores the trauma suffered by those in relationships with narcissists, covering topics such as surviving a cult, dysfunctional families, political dysfunction, and imbalances of power in places of work and education.
This new Routledge volume revisits themes from Shaw’s first book, Traumatic Narcissism: Relational Systems of Subjugation (2014). It offers further reflections on the character and behavior of the traumatizing narcissist, the impact such persons have on those they abuse and exploit, and the specific ways in which they instill shame and fear in those they seek to control. In addition, this volume explores, with detailed clinical material, many of the challenges mental health professionals face in finding effective ways of helping those who have suffered narcissistic abuse. From within a trauma informed, relational psychoanalytic perspective, Shaw explores themes of attachment to internalized perpetrators, self-alienation, internalized aggression, and loss of faith in the value and meaning of being alive.
This book will be especially illuminating for clinicians engaged in helping patients heal and recover from complex relational trauma, and equally valuable to individuals who have struggled with the tenacious, often crippling shame and fear that can be the result of relational trauma.
Daniel Shaw, LCSW Private practice, New York City; Faculty, NIP, New York. Trained as an actor at Northwestern University and with the renowned teacher Uta Hagen in New York City, Shaw later worked as a missionary for an Indian guru, which eventually led him to become an outspoken activist in support of individuals and families traumatically abused in cults. His book Traumatic Narcissism: Relational Systems of Subjugation (2014) was nominated for the Gradiva Award. He received the Margaret Thaler Singer Award for advancing the understanding of coercive persuasion and undue influence.
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