“Daniel Shaw was taken by surprise when his first book, Traumatic Narcissism, struck a nerve not only with fellow psychotherapists, but also with the lay public. Shaw had put his finger on a source of relational trauma as profoundly destructive as it is common and poorly understood. Pathologically narcissistic people, when they are needed attachment figures, such as parents or leaders, cause untold suffering, often without perpetrating any sort of physical abuse. In this book, Shaw continues this important exploration―and this time the breadth of interest the book will arouse will come as no surprise.”
Donnel B. Stern, Ph.D.
William Alanson White Institute and NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis