The Chameleon's Game - When Love Becomes Manipulation: Unmasking and Leaving a Covert Narcissist

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The Chameleon's Game - When Love Becomes Manipulation

Unmasking and Leaving a Covert Narcissist

Dodd

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Best Holistic Life Publishing
01 December 2025

Violence in society; Domestic violence; Abnormal psychology; The self, ego, identity, personality; Coping with personal problems

The Chameleon's Game is a raw and transformative journey through narcissistic abuse recovery and psychological awakening. In this searing blend of memoir and psychology, European-licensed psychologist Katarzyna Dodd takes readers inside an over-a-decade-long relationship with a covert narcissist-where love is weaponized and empathy is exploited to control, confuse, and break the spirit.

Unlike overt narcissists who dominate through arrogance and power, covert narcissists manipulate through victimhood, guilt, and emotional dependency. With gripping honesty and clinical precision, Dodd exposes the invisible tactics of emotional manipulation, revealing how trauma bonds form and how they can be dissolved.

She explores how unresolved generational trauma and learned patterns of self-sacrifice shape our relationships, boundaries, and sense of self-worth. Guiding readers through the shadow work of reclaiming lost parts of themselves, she transforms pain into awareness and healing into empowerment.

The Chameleon's Game is more than a memoir about surviving covert narcissism-it's a roadmap for trauma recovery, self-discovery, and profound transformation. For anyone who has ever loved too deeply, silenced their truth, or doubted their worth, this book offers clarity, strength, and the path to becoming whole again.

By: Dodd
Imprint: Best Holistic Life Publishing
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 395g
ISBN: 9798989215904
Pages: 294
Publication Date: 01 December 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Katarzyna Dodd is a European-licensed psychologist, therapist, and author with decades of experience in emotional healing and personal transformation. She is the creator of the Inner Parent Theory-a groundbreaking framework that introduces the missing piece in the widely known Inner Child narrative. Her approach reframes healing as the development of the Inner Parent: a conscious, guiding structure that supports clarity, emotional safety, and deep integration.Katarzyna also developed the Inherence(R) Process, a transformative method born from years of work in expanded states of awareness. It helps individuals reconnect with their deep Self and embody greater resilience, presence, and coherence. In 2006, she introduced Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) to Poland, significantly influencing its integration into therapeutic practice.Born and raised in Kraków, Poland, Katarzyna lived in the United States for over two decades before relocating to the Indian Ocean coast of Africa, where she continues to write, teach, and explore the inner architecture of human transformation.Her first book, You Are the Dream of the Universe, guides readers through the emotional dynamics between the Inner Parent and Inner Child.Her second book, The Chameleon's Game, explores the hidden architecture of relationships with covert narcissists, exposing the emotional cycles that undermine self-trust and create confusion. It's both a revelation and a roadmap to reclaiming personal power. More at: www.katarzynadodd.com