Narcissistic people are frustrating (and sometime intimidating) to deal with. This book offers effective strategies for dealing effectively with someone who is at the center of his or her own universe.
An Integrative Approach to Personality Disorders, Emotional Dysregulation, and Interpersonal Functioning
In this groundbreaking work, three internationally recognized psychologists provide a comprehensive guide to the latest innovations in schema therapy (ST). This essential resource outlines a practical roadmap for implementing the schema mode model, enhancing clients' interpersonal functioning, and integrating recent advances in contextual behavioral psychology. ST is a robust, integrative treatment approach that combines cognitive, behavioral, and psychodynamic therapy elements, proving effective for various mental health challenges, particularly difficult-to-treat personality disorders. The core idea of ST is that mental health issues stem from unmet emotional needs during childhood, resulting in early maladaptive schemas (EMS). However, the focus has shifted towards schema content, emphasizing how clients relate to their experiences and others. This book incorporates recent findings in contextual behavioral science, concentrating on clients’ coping styles—or schema modes—and improving their interpersonal skills. It features exercises from compassion-focused therapies, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and functional analytic psychotherapy (FAP), aiding clients in recognizing unhealthy coping patterns. Additionally, a variety of emotion-focused and experiential techniques are provided for effective therapeutic engagement.
Overcoming Fear of Abandonment and Building Lasting, Loving Relationships
Everyone thrives on love, comfort, and the safety of family, friends, and community. But if you are denied these basic comforts early in life, whether through a lack of physical affection or emotional bonding, you may develop intense fears of abandonment that can last well into adulthood—fears so powerful that they can actually cause you to push people away. If you suffer from fears of abandonment, you may have underlying feelings of anger, shame, fear, anxiety, depression, and grief. These emotions are intense and painful, and when they surface they can lead to a number of negative behaviors, such as jealousy, clinging, and emotional blackmail. In Love Me, Don’t Leave Me , therapist Michelle Skeen combines acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), schema therapy, and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) to help you identify the root of your fears. In this book you’ll learn how schema coping behaviors—deeply entrenched and automatic behaviors rooted in childhood experiences and fears—can take over and cause you to inadvertently sabotage your relationships. By recognizing these coping behaviors and understanding their cause, you will not only gain powerful insights into your own mind, but also into the minds of those around you. If you are ready to break the self-fulfilling cycle of mistrust, clinginess, and heartbreak and start building lasting, trusting relationships, this book will be your guide.
Jistě jste se někdy setkali s člověkem, který se chová arogantně, bez pochopení druhých, nebo neustále dává najevo, že je ta nejlepší superhvězda na světě. Tyto projevy se vyskytují u lidí s narcistickou poruchou osobnosti a je velmi složité s nimi vycházet. Přesto se o to musíme pokoušet, třeba když se narcisticky chová naše kolegyně nebo vedoucí. Ačkoli nás takový vztah frustruje, musíme najít způsob, jak s narcistickým člověkem komunikovat a jak vztah s ním přežít. Tato kniha je praktickým průvodcem, který nás provede zvládáním vztahu s člověkem s narcistickou poruchou osobnosti. Ano, můžeme se snažit dotyčnou osobu ignorovat, ale to nám moc nepomůže. Autorka nabízí techniky efektivní komunikace a ukazuje, jak se nenechat zahnat do pasti. Otevírá také téma soužití s narcistickým partnerem, jež má často v pozadí spoluzávislost a které může mít velmi negativní dopad na děti. Ukazuje, jak člověku s narcistickou poruchou nastavit hranice a dát najevo, jaké chování nebudete akceptovat. Knihu provázejí četné příklady z praxe. Wendy Terrie Behary založila a řídí Centrum kognitivní terapie New Jersey. Podílí se také na vedení Institutu schematerapie. Ve své terapeutické praxi se specializuje na narcismus a vysoce konfliktní páry.