Zak Mucha
@zakmucha.bsky.social
social worker, psychoanalyst, author of Swimming to the Horizon: Crack, Psychosis, and Street-Corner Social Work... and president of the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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We believe books can bend the arc of history toward justice.
In a publishing world dominated by corporate consolidation, our independence is both a promise and a practice: to publish courageously, to think critically, and to keep the space for radical imagination alive.
#booksky #indiepublishing
In a publishing world dominated by corporate consolidation, our independence is both a promise and a practice: to publish courageously, to think critically, and to keep the space for radical imagination alive.
#booksky #indiepublishing
October 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
“Children are not resilient. Children are malleable.” - Bruce Perry
Excerpt from Emotional Abuse: A Manual for Self-Defense by @zakmucha.bsky.social.
Released July 2025.
#booksky #newrelease #psychology
Excerpt from Emotional Abuse: A Manual for Self-Defense by @zakmucha.bsky.social.
Released July 2025.
#booksky #newrelease #psychology
October 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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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October 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
originally published by the Center for Critical and Clinical Analysis: zakmucha.com/blog/item/29...
Reposted by Zak Mucha
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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September 8, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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...
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...
September 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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...
This Friday, Aug 22nd 6PM. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/emotional-...
August 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This Friday, Aug 22nd 6PM. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/emotional-...
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...
August 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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...
a fine conversation with Nicole Thomas on poetry, psychoanalysis, and the new book. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/5Raa...
#emotionalabuse#psychoanalysis#poetry
#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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August 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
a fine conversation with Nicole Thomas on poetry, psychoanalysis, and the new book. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/5Raa...
#emotionalabuse#psychoanalysis#poetry
#emotionalabuse#psychoanalysis#poetry
Emotional Abuse: A Manual for Self-Defense -- #1 New Release (for the moment) in medical child psychology... bit.ly/44ZE5zr
July 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Emotional Abuse: A Manual for Self-Defense -- #1 New Release (for the moment) in medical child psychology... bit.ly/44ZE5zr
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
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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July 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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
Available today wherever you get your books: bit.ly/465SVGW
"Two Teachers (for Tova)" in AEOS Magazine
July 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"Two Teachers (for Tova)" in AEOS Magazine
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"Like any other abuse, emotional abuse is about power. Whoever can define reality has the ultimate power."
"Like any other abuse, emotional abuse is about power. Whoever can define reality has the ultimate power."
July 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
zakmucha.com/blog
"Like any other abuse, emotional abuse is about power. Whoever can define reality has the ultimate power."
"Like any other abuse, emotional abuse is about power. Whoever can define reality has the ultimate power."
Reposted by Zak Mucha
Emotional Abuse: A Manual for Self-Defense -- currently #1 new release in child development on Kindle... www.amazon.com/Emotional-Ab...
July 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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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June 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
reading from The Ambulatorium: www.youtube.com/shorts/tzaqT...
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
June 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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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“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...
– 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
www.amazon.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“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...
– A. R. Banks.
www.amazon.com/Emotional-Ab...
Reposted by Zak Mucha
"An American Ambulatorium" in The Center for Critical and Clinical Analysis: www.cccacommunity.com/an-american-...
April 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"An American Ambulatorium" in The Center for Critical and Clinical Analysis: www.cccacommunity.com/an-american-...
Emotional Abuse: A Manual for Self-Defense -- currently #1 new release in child development on Kindle... www.amazon.com/Emotional-Ab...
June 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Emotional Abuse: A Manual for Self-Defense -- currently #1 new release in child development on Kindle... www.amazon.com/Emotional-Ab...
"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
bit.ly/4kNKZhH
—Andrew Vachss
bit.ly/4kNKZhH
May 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"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
bit.ly/4kNKZhH
—Andrew Vachss
bit.ly/4kNKZhH
“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...
– 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
www.amazon.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“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...
– A. R. Banks.
www.amazon.com/Emotional-Ab...
two poems from Sunday Salon Chicago: www.youtube.com/shorts/l0lRk...
Video May 25 2025, 7 26 28 PM edited
YouTube video by Zak Mucha
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May 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
two poems from Sunday Salon Chicago: www.youtube.com/shorts/l0lRk...
This Sunday at Roscoe Books. 7 pm...
May 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This Sunday at Roscoe Books. 7 pm...
