The first popular book on narcissism in more than a decade shows readers how to cope with the controlling, self-absorbed people in their lives, and offers healthy strategies for rebuilding self-esteem.
Personality disorders - borderline, narcissistic and schizoid - have become the classic psychological disorders of our age. Outwardly successful, charming and powerful, personality-disordered individuals have long confounded their colleagues, family, lovers and employees - as well as mental health professionals. The author helps the reader ...
This volume presents a fully integrated developmental approach that not only differentiates between varying etiologies of the narcissistic and borderline disorders but also provides a detailed guide to effective treatment.
Based on two workshops held February 1990 in New York and March 1990 in San Francisco. Following the presentation and discussion of three clinical case histories, psychotherapists James F. Masterson, Marian Tolpin, and Peter E. Sifneos compare and contrast developmental, self, and object relations
Outwardly charming, confident, and successful individuals may in fact be caught in a knot of self-destructive behavior. This book looks at case histories and delineates appropriate treatments for each disorder--offering a real hope for cure.
This volume aims to shed light on one of the most difficult disorders to diagnose and treat: the closet narcissistic disorder of the self. The third of a series on the disorders of the self, the book fills a niche in the field of personality disorders. It describes not only the psychopathology and treatment of this disorder but, more importantly, ...
Twenty-five papers by clinicians present theoretical and clinical work encompassed in the Masterson Approach as presented in the volume The Real self. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
A reference for psychiatrists and psychologists written by clinicians who follow the Masterson approach, which focuses on individual, intensive psychotherapy through the eyes of developmental, self, and object relations theory. Its four sections focus on schizoid disorders; the effects of early phy
A guide to leadership, based on the careers of the greatest military heroes in modern and ancient history. In the style of their earlier works--"Attila the Hun on Management" and "The Mafia Manager"--Dunnigan and Masterson reveal the secrets of successful management as exemplified by Julius Caesar, Ulysses Grant, Napoleon, and Douglas MacArthur.
The author reflects on his 25 years of work in the personality disorders. He reviews some of the most significant ideas be set forth and wonders out loud how they will cross over into the new millennium. Most have stood the test of time and indeed will serve as a strong foundation for the work that is to come; some have gone through a healthy ...
As human beings people are both unique individuals and social creatures who need others for both our physical and emotional well being. Life is thus characterized by two conflicting urges explored in this book--to satisfy one's own needs or to defer to the needs of others.
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