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Zak Mucha @zakmucha.bsky.social · 2d

originally published by the Center for Critical and Clinical Analysis: zakmucha.com/blog/item/29...

Zak Mucha, LCSW - An American Ambulatorium

... originally published by The Center for Critical and Clinical Analysis. April 2025...   An American Ambulatorium   A pal of mine, a Zen Buddhist monk, was asked by a mid-level corporation...

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Northwestern University's MA in Writing, MFA in Prose & Poetry @nugradwriting.bsky.social · Sep 8

If you're in Chicago this Thursday, Sept. 11, join @michaelzapata.bsky.social & @zakmucha.bsky.social at After-Words Books, 23 E. Illinois St., 6:30 PM for a discussion on trauma and fascism. Eventbrite link ⬇️ www.eventbrite.com/e/trauma-and...

Trauma and American Fascism

Join our discussion on trauma and American fascism with authors Zak Mucha and Michael Zapata

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Zak Mucha @zakmucha.bsky.social · Sep 8

Author Michael Zapata and I will be discussing "Trauma and American Fascism" at After-Words Books in Chicago. Thurs, 9/11 at 6:30. You can sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/trauma-and...

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Zak Mucha @zakmucha.bsky.social · Aug 19

This Friday, Aug 22nd 6PM. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/emotional-...

Zak Mucha @zakmucha.bsky.social · Aug 7

on the air (after Black Sabbath) talking about poetry, trauma, psychoanalysis and emotional abuse at WZRD 88.3 FM: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-vR...

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Zak Mucha @zakmucha.bsky.social · Aug 7

a fine conversation with Nicole Thomas on poetry, psychoanalysis, and the new book. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/5Raa...
#emotionalabuse#psychoanalysis#poetry

EP 29 - Emotional Self-Defense & Creative Power | Zak Mucha, LCSW | Author of Emotional Abuse: A Manual for Self-Defense (2025)

Let's Talk: Passion & Purpose with Nicole Thomas · Episode

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Zak Mucha @zakmucha.bsky.social · Jul 28

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In Service by Zak Mucha - The Literary Underground

In Service The former Marine with a zipper scar curled around his ear like a topographical map charting a river said he once had to explain to a Texas farmer during a 4 AM training exercise that those...

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Zak Mucha @zakmucha.bsky.social · Jul 25

Emotional Abuse: A Manual for Self-Defense -- #1 New Release (for the moment) in medical child psychology... bit.ly/44ZE5zr

Zak Mucha @zakmucha.bsky.social · Jul 19

KIRKUS Review (Get it) :"Throughout, Mucha maintains a deeply empathetic, supportive manner informed by extensive experience and research... Anyone who’s ever dealt with abuse of this kind will find this book invaluable."
Available today wherever you get your books: bit.ly/465SVGW

Emotional Abuse: A Manual for Self-Defense

Emotional Abuse: A Manual for Self-Defense [Mucha, Zak] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Emotional Abuse: A Manual for Self-Defense

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Zak Mucha @zakmucha.bsky.social · Jul 10

"Two Teachers (for Tova)" in AEOS Magazine

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Zak Mucha @zakmucha.bsky.social · Jul 2

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"Like any other abuse, emotional abuse is about power. Whoever can define reality has the ultimate power."

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Mark_MH @mark-mh.bsky.social · Jul 2

This is an amazing book. Highly recommend.

#MentalHealth #Codependancy #EmotionalAbuse

Zak Mucha @zakmucha.bsky.social · Jun 8

Emotional Abuse: A Manual for Self-Defense -- currently #1 new release in child development on Kindle... www.amazon.com/Emotional-Ab...

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Zak Mucha @zakmucha.bsky.social · Jun 20

reading from The Ambulatorium: www.youtube.com/shorts/tzaqT...

Video May 25 2025, 7 26 28 PM edited

YouTube video by Zak Mucha

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Zak Mucha @zakmucha.bsky.social · Jun 17

This Friday, June 20th-Dr. Alan Bass will discuss "The Genocide Principle" at the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis. You can join us here: www.ccpsa.org/event-5825601

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Zak Mucha @zakmucha.bsky.social · May 30

“The book is entirely guff-and-agenda-free. It's solid with aphorisms; every other paragraph has a quotable sentence in it… If you want a user manual for your own brain, you're gonna love this.”
– A. R. Banks.
www.amazon.com/Emotional-Ab...

Emotional Abuse: A Manual for Self-Defense

Emotional Abuse: A Manual for Self-Defense [Mucha, Zak] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Emotional Abuse: A Manual for Self-Defense

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Zak Mucha @zakmucha.bsky.social · Apr 18

"An American Ambulatorium" in The Center for Critical and Clinical Analysis: www.cccacommunity.com/an-american-...

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Zak Mucha @zakmucha.bsky.social · Jun 8

Emotional Abuse: A Manual for Self-Defense -- currently #1 new release in child development on Kindle... www.amazon.com/Emotional-Ab...

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Zak Mucha @zakmucha.bsky.social · May 30

"There is no real difference between physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. All that distinguishes one from another is the abuser’s choice of weapon."
—Andrew Vachss

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Zak Mucha @zakmucha.bsky.social · May 30

“The book is entirely guff-and-agenda-free. It's solid with aphorisms; every other paragraph has a quotable sentence in it… If you want a user manual for your own brain, you're gonna love this.”
– A. R. Banks.
www.amazon.com/Emotional-Ab...

Emotional Abuse: A Manual for Self-Defense

Emotional Abuse: A Manual for Self-Defense [Mucha, Zak] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Emotional Abuse: A Manual for Self-Defense

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