Self Defense in a Narcissistic World

Gerald Alper, M.S. is a practicing psychotherapist since 1979 and fellow of the American Institute for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Everyday Examples: The Untouchable; Fighting the Enemy; Defensive Benefits from Demonizing the Enemy; And Baby Makes Three; God and Power; The Unreturned Telephone Call; The Letter; The Creation of Nothing; The Dynamics; Benefits of Creating NothingChapter 3 Therapy Trips: The Differences of Power; The Patient; The Therapist; "I Never Thought of You as a Man Before"; Turning the Tables; Abandoning the Therapist; Depriving the Therapist; "I'm From Missouri- Show Me"; "I Want a New Contract"; Not RelatingChapter 4 Strategies and Dynamics of Power Trips: Characteristics of Power Trips; Painting Someone Into a Corner; Hierarchical Relating; Example 1; Example 2; Example 3: The One Hundred Greatest Minds of the Century; At Home With the Sopranos; Dynamics of IntChapter 5 The World We Live In: Trial By Jury; The Ultimate Power Trip; Postmodern Politics; The Fate of the Politics of Power and the New Millennium; September 11: Though the Lens of a PsychotherapistChapter 6 ConclusionChapter 7 References

Gerald Alper never writes a dull book. A novelist and short story writer turned psychotherapist, he has one of the more creative analytic minds of his generation.