Author of Deep Into Narcissism: The Hidden Architecture of a Personality Disorder

Forensic Analyst of Cluster B Pathology | Creator of the PROTEK™, CORELOCK™, VORTEX™, and E.M.P.A.T.H.™ Models

Juan Pereira is a Canadian author and forensic psychological analyst specializing in the structural architecture of Cluster B personality disorders—including Narcissistic, Antisocial, Borderline, and Histrionic Personality Disorders. His work is dedicated to exposing the hidden psychological infrastructure that enables manipulation, control, and emotional exploitation across interpersonal, institutional, and relational systems.

As the author of Deep Into Narcissism: The Hidden Architecture of a Personality Disorder, Pereira challenges pop psychology, attachment theory, and spiritualized self-help models that oversimplify or romanticize structural pathology. He offers a rigorous, evidence-based dissection of narcissistic personality disorder—not as a set of behaviors, but as an integrated system of defense, distortion, and emotional deadness.

His analysis introduces several proprietary clinical models, including:

• PROTEK™ Model – A six-layer framework for decoding the root architecture of narcissism:
   Pathological Defenses, Regulatory Breakdown, Ontological Insecurity, Trauma-Driven Delusions, Ego Fragmentation, and Kinetic Reinforcement Loops.
• CORELOCK™ System – A psychological sealing mechanism that traps the narcissistic individual within a closed system of denial, projection, and manipulation.
• VORTEX™ Model – A behavioral dynamic describing how narcissistic individuals entrap, destabilize, and exploit others in looping patterns of emotional extraction and identity erosion.
• E.M.P.A.T.H.™ Framework – A clinical tool designed for survivors and practitioners alike, guiding them to:
   Examine Defenses, Manage Interpretive Lens, Perceive Emotional Subtext, Acknowledge Injury, Translate Behavior to Function, and Hold a Boundaried Empathic Stance.

Pereira’s expertise spans beyond narcissism into the full spectrum of Cluster B pathology, offering critical insights into the intersectionality of narcissistic, antisocial, borderline, and histrionic traits—particularly how they manifest in systems of abuse, power, and emotional dependency.

His work is not about healing through clichés or therapeutic optimism. It is about truth, structure, and clarity. Pereira dismantles myths—such as the false link between narcissism and attachment wounds—and exposes how modern culture, social media, and unqualified “coaches” have enabled the rise of unchecked narcissistic behavior in relationships, institutions, and self-help industries.

Unflinching in tone, Pereira writes for survivors, clinicians, and truth-seekers who are ready to confront the real mechanics of psychological manipulation—and finally name it for what it is.