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• Chapters from Dan Shaw’s book, Traumatic Narcissism: Relational Systems of Subjugation

About this Seminar: In his book, Traumatic Narcissism: Relational Systems of Subjugation, Daniel Shaw explores the complementary dynamic created by the narcissist who seeks to take over and control the subjectivity of an other – his or her child, sibling, significant other, student, patient, group of followers, group of citizens, and so on.  In this seminar, Shaw will lead participants through his analysis of the relational system of the traumatizing narcissist, showing how narcissism works as an intergenerational trauma, and tracing the developmental path both of the traumatizing narcissist and of his victim.  In the second week of the seminar, Shaw will focus on his clinical work with adult children of traumatizing narcissists.  What do analyst and patient do together, what are the therapeutic processes that can free these patients from their deep ties to their internalized traumatizers, so that they may recover, reactivate and grow the unique personal subjectivity they had been led to believe was worthless and unloveable?