Bøker av Nina W. Brown

Being a parent is usually all about giving of yourself to foster your child's growth and development. But what happens when this isn't the case? This book offers definitions of narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder to help readers identify the extent of their parent's problem.

This book identifies the behaviors and attitudes reflective of excessive self-interest and self-centered people and provides a framework for reducing the negative effects that these individuals have on their family, friends, and colleagues.This book will guide readers to understand the various indices of observable and destructive narcissistic behaviors and attitudes that are exhibited in everyday interactions with self-inflated people, focusing on the larger societal impacts of those behaviors. Further, the text makes suggestions for effectively managing the negative impact of the Destructive Narcissistic Pattern (DNP), which includes such attributes as anger and shame, and instructs readers how to grow and develop Healthy Adult Narcissism (HAN) consisting of empathy, wisdom, humor, and zest.This book differs from others on the same topic by illustrating the various ways that excessive self-esteem is portrayed in the media as well as presenting the perspective that there are many different ways to exhibit the varied self-inflated, self-centered behaviors and attitudes in everyday adult behaviors and relationships. By the end, this text aims to encourage healthy valuations of self and others that create a sense of purpose; personal satisfaction; and enduring, meaningful relationships.

People with narcissistic behaviours and attitudes boast and brag constantly, take credit for other people's work, expect favours but return few or none, and never listen. They devalue others, micromanage, are hypercritical and mistrustful. This book provides methods for people to cope with a near-narcissist or a narcissistic person.

"Provides easily implemented interventions and coping strategies for dealing with the worrier, complainer, nagger, or micromanager in your life"--

Focusing on theory and therapeutic factors and applications, this work will provide group leaders and counselors working with children with a conceptual basis and specific strategies for use in therapy, counseling, and therapeutic groups. It proposes that groups be formed around themes of condition (such as loss), rather than themes of circumstance (such as divorce). Forming the group, leader characteristics, and the expression of feelings and emotions are emphasized by the author. This work will be of interest to all mental health professionals working with children--school counselors, social workers, psychologists, and psychiatrists.

Dealing with uptight, high-stress people in your workplace, family, or home can be an enormous challenge, but this book provides invaluable insight and practical advice enabling readers to handle these "problem" personality types successfully.

Addresses why we are attracted to Dead-End lovers, what we can do to recognise the signs of unsuitability and avoid such relationships. This work includes 17 signals of unsuitability, and how to spot the five types of unsuitable lovers - Hurting and Needy, Risk-Taking and Rebellious, Charming and Manipulative, Self-absorbed, and Exotic.