Books by Joan Lachkar

Addressing the ever-changing faces and phases of narcissism within the context of marital therapy, this text discusses developments in the treatment of marital conflict. Drawing from many different theoretical frameworks, mainly self-psychology and object relations, it explains why couples stay in painful, conflictual, never-ending relationships.

The Disappearing Male by Joan Lachkar, PhD, provides psychoanalytic/psychodynamic descriptions of eight different kinds of men who "disappear" from relationships seemingly without warning or explanation. This book can help to assist the women affected in recognizing the danger signs to prevent them from faltering in their relationship efforts. This book is significant to the awareness and self-esteem of women in relationships, the dating world, and to the therapists that treat them.

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.