A guide to understanding and dealing with overpowering, self-centered and arrogant people - those with destructive narcissistic patterns - who consistently make us feel fear, anger, shame, or guilt.
Preface Chapter 1 Who Are These Infuriating and Difficult People? Chapter 2 The Destructive Narcissistic Pattern Chapter 3 Indifference to Others: Extensions of Self and Boundaries, Exploitation, Lack of Empathy, and Envy Chapter 4 The Inflated Self: Grandiosity, The Impoverished Self, Attention-Seeking, and Admiration Seeking Chapter 5 Troubling States: Emotions, Emptiness, and Entitlement Chapter 6 How You Contribute to Your Own Distress Chapter 7 Intense Feelings: Anger, Fear, Guilt, and Shame Chapter 8 The DNP in Relationships Chapter 9 Moderating the Impact of the DNP on You Bibliography Index
NINA W. BROWN is a Professor and Eminent Scholar in the Educational Leadership and Counseling Department at Old Dominion University.
Writing in a clear, accessible style, the author focuses on how to
alleviate the intense feelings and stress that often accompany
dealing with such difficult people. This book could also be a
resource for those working with alcoholics and others engaging in
self-centered patterns of destructive behavior. This is a book for
practitioners, mediators, marriage and family therapists, and those
in training for those professions; it is not for laypersons. Highly
recommended. Graduate students and professionals.
*Choice*
No doubt you have worked for one of them, been taught by one of
them, or married one of them. They brag, take credit for the work
of others, expect favors but give none, never listen, and know what
is right and best, regardless of the topic. Take heart. Brown has a
name for these people and she assures us they and not we are the
problem. Far from urging those who must endure those with
destructive narcissistic behaviors and attitudes to get over it,
get behind it, or just take it, she carefully describes the
specific behaviors you can diffuse by recognizing them and
moderating the impact on yourself, including blocking
identification, understanding your own cognitive distortion, using
emotional insulation and refusing to empathize.
*Reference & Research Book News*
[N]ina Brown, is clearly the authority on the DNP. Thus, if you
have to interact regularly with someone you suspect may exhibit
DNP, then this is without a doubt the book you should read for
help.
*metapsychology.mentalhelp.net*
Narcissistic behaviors displayed by those in power, friends and
lovers affect everyone and are prevalent throughout society, which
is why Coping with Infuriating, Mean, Critical People is so
important and explains a destructive mental pattern which takes
hold and affects many. Methods to help victims of this behavior are
provided and come from a scholar/professor in Educational
Leadership and Counseling, covering everything from indifference to
others and emotional intimacy challenges to projection, protection
and conquering loneliness. An outstanding guide surveys both
victims and survivors as well as the narcissistic personality, this
book is a pick for not only college-level holdings strong in
psychology and sociology, but for general-interest library
collections.
*Library Bookwatch*
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