• Daniel Shaw, LCSW

    United States   Daniel Shaw, LCSW, is a psychotherapist in private practice in New York City and Nyack, New York. He studied psychoanalysis extensively and later trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy with Janina Fisher, completing certification in Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST), which integrates Structural Dissociation Theory, Affect Regulation Theory, and Internal Family Systems concepts.   Selected publications

    • Traumatic narcissism: Relational systems of subjugation. Shaw, D. (2014). Routledge.
    • Traumatic narcissism and recovery: Leaving the prison of shame and fear. Shaw, D. (2021).

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    • Traumatic narcissism: Relational systems of subjugation. Shaw, D. (2014). Routledge.
    • Traumatic narcissism and recovery: Leaving the prison of shame and fear. Shaw, D. (2021). Routledge.

Understanding the traumatic narcissism theory and its clinical utility

Volume 8, 2025

Daniel Shaw, LCSW
This paper defines Traumatic Narcissism Theory and eight subjugating behaviors used by narcissistic abusers, offering a framework for treating victims rather than those with narcissistic personality disorder.