1. A Confusing and Elusive Concept 2. Thick-Skinned or Grandiose Narcissism (GN) and Thin-Skinned or Vulnerable Narcissism (VN) 3. Clinical Examples of GN and VN 4. Alternative Conceptions of the VN/GN Relationship 5. Additional Clinical Examples 6. Relationship Between Self and Other 7. Narcissism as a Defense: Brief Considerations of Etiology
Richard Wood is a registered psychologist in the province of Ontario, Canada. He is a founding member of the Canadian Association of Psychologists in Disability Assessment (CAPDA) and is the author of
A Study of Malignant Narcissism: Personal and Professional Insights (2022).
This latest of Richard Woods books on narcissism promises to be his masterpiece. For a small book, it is one of the most comprehensive and engaging reviews of narcissism that I have read. Wood has covered most of the authoritative contributors to the study of narcissism, and I would think that this book would be the go-to book for psychiatric residents, psychoanalytic candidates, and even the journalistic world. Congratulations on a fine piece of work.
David Ray Freebury, MB Ch FICPC DLFAPA, training and supervising analyst, Canadian and Toronto psychoanalytic societies
Richard Wood leads us into the complex, sometimes confusing, world of narcissism. Summarizing seminal contributions, he weighs in on seemingly contradictory elements, providing useful reflections. He relates these matters to his experience with narcissistic patients and parents, with thought-provoking things to say about the relationships that narcissists and those who suffered narcissistic parenting attempt to establish. These ideas will stimulate readers not only with respect to patients but also regarding clinical theory and the wider sol³*
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