Narcissism and Its Discontents - Diagnostic Dilemmas and Treatment Strategies with Narcissistic Patients

Integrating contemporary research with psychoanalytic theory, this volume offers clinicians strategies for dealing with the complex situations that can arise when treating patients with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). The very act of defining narcissism can be a difficult one. This guide recognises the challenge and provides a number of psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic approaches.