| The Many Faces of Abuse: Treating the Emotional Abuse of High-Functioning Women Contributor(s): Lachkar, Joan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0765700654 ISBN-13: 9780765700650 Publisher: Jason Aronson OUR PRICE: $106.92 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1998 Annotation: Dr. Joan Lachkar examines the origins and early warning signs of the psychological violation she describes as a dance between abuser and abused. She goes on to introduce typologies of each (the narcissistic or passive-aggressive abuser, the unentitled self) and to explore the bases for their collusive attachments. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Self-help | Abuse - Social Science | Women's Studies - Medical | Psychiatry - General |
| Dewey: 616.858 |
| LCCN: 96053035 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.77" W x 8.51" (0.84 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Family - Topical - Mentally Challenged |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The subject is emotional abuse-the ongoing process whereby one person attempts to destroy the will, needs, desires, or perceptions of another. The object is the well-educated, high-functioning professional woman. Dr. Joan Lachkar examines the origins and early warning signs of the psychological violation she describes as a dance between abuser and abused. She goes on to introduce typologies of each (the narcissistic or passive-aggressive abuser, the unentitled self) and to explore the bases for their collusive attachments. Addressing therapeutic functions like empathy, containment, and countertransference, and following a couple's evolution from a state of fusion through transitional two-ness to emerging separateness, dependent and interdependent, Dr. Lachkar applies her psychodynamic approach to treatment, informed by object relations and self psychology, and complete with guidelines for technique and practical suggestions for the couple. |
