Full name: Narcissism: Denial of the True Self

Author: Alexander Lowen Year: 1984 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Psychology, Non Fiction, Self help Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780743255431 0743255437

NARCISSISM Are you a narcissist? Do you interact with someone who is? Contrary to popular belief, narcissists do not love themselves or anyone else. They cannot accept their true selves, constructing instead fixed masks that hide emotional numbness. Influenced by forces in culture and predisposed by factors in the human personality, narcissists tend to be • More concerned with how they appear than what they feel • Seductive and manipulative, striving for power and control • Egotists, focused on their own interests but lacking the true values of the self -- self-expression, self-possession, dignity, and integrity • Without a solid sense of self, which leads them to experience life as empty and meaningless In this groundbreaking study, Dr. Alexander Lowen uses his extensive clinical experience to demonstrate how narcissists can recover their suppressed feelings and regain their lost humanity. By the use of Bioenergetic Analysis, the psychotherapy created by Dr. Lowen, a new possibility of a fulfilling and authentic life is presented for people with narcissistic characteristics and for those who interact with them. Similar books: Trapped in the Mirror by Elan Golomb Why Is It Always About You? by Sandy Hotchkiss The Narcissistic Family by Stephanie Donaldson-Pressman The Farther Reaches of Human Nature by Abraham Maslow The Psychology of Intelligence by Jean Piaget Toward a Psychology of Being by Abraham Maslow Vital Lies, Simple Truths by Daniel Goleman Identity: Youth and Crisis by Erik H. Erikson Self and Others by R. D. Laing A Blue Fire by James Hillman 50 Psychology Classics by Tom Butler-Bowdon The Evolving Self by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy Psychology by Gillian Butler The Act of Will by Roberto Assagioli Psychology For Dummies by Adam Cash The Gift of Fear by Gavin De Becker Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray The Empath's Survival Guide by Judith Orloff Women Who Love Too Much by Robin Norwood