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Narcissism: A Contemporary Introduction

Author(s) : Richard Wood

Reviews and Endorsements

This latest of Richard Wood’s books on narcissism promises to be his masterpiece. For a small book it is one of the most comprehensive and engaging reviews of narcissism that I have read. Wood has covered most of the authoritative contributors to the study of narcissism, and I would think that this book would be the go to book for psychiatric residents, psychoanalytic candidates, and even the journalistic world.. Congratulations on a fine piece of work.
David Ray Freebury, MB Ch FICPC DLFAPA, Training and supervising analyst, Canadian and Toronto psychoanalytic societies

Richard Wood leads us into the complex, sometimes confusing, world of narcissism. Summarizing seminal contributions, he weighs in on seemingly contradictory elements, providing useful reflections. He relates these matters to his experience with narcissistic patients and parents, with thought-provoking things to say about relationships narcissists and those who suffered narcissistic parenting attempt to establish. These ideas will stimulate readers not only with respect to patients but also regarding clinical theory and the wider sociopolitical world (e.g., relationships between grandiose narcissistic leaders and their supporters).
Brent Willock, author of Comparative-Integrative Psychoanalysis

Dr. Wood’s latest book is an exceptional integration of clinical research, theory and practice on the subject and treatment of Narcissism in its various forms. What emerges is a ground-breaking model through which this condition can best be understood and more completely recognized.
Dr. Wood acknowledges the work of his co-navigators and renders a great service by articulating their insights... untangling the cross-threads of past and present clinical experience. The dynamics of narcissism have never been so compellingly described.
Tim Gilmor, Ph.D., specializing in personality/clinical psychology