Relational narcissism

Relational narcissism—isn’t that an oxymoron? Emmanuel Ghent (1989) took up this question in his seminal paper on relational psychoanalysis titled “Credo.” He wondered “whether, perhaps, the roots of clinical narcissism lie in some failure to integrate adequately the mode of intersubjective relatedness” (p. 199). I believe Ghent was correct about this, and I wish to take his point further, specifically by looking at narcissism from the viewpoint of the adult child of the pathological narcissist.-- Enter Ghosts: The Loss of Intersubjectivity in Clinical Work With Adult Children of Pathological Narcissists[1]
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