Managing the Fallout of Narcissistic Abuse: Addressing the Impact of High-Conflict Personality Styles

CPD

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

Handouts

Speaker

Ramani Durvasula, PhD, LCP Related seminars and products

---

Ramani Durvasula, PhD is a psychologist and the founder of LUNA Education, Training and Consulting, LLC. She’s professor emerita of psychology at California State University Los Angeles and the author of multiple books, including Don’t You Know Who I Am: How to Stay Sane in the Era of Narcissism, Entitlement and Incivility and Should I Stay or Should I Go: Surviving a Relationship With a Narcissist. 
 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Ramani Durvasula is the founder and CEO of LUNA Education, Training, and Consulting and has an employment relationship with the University of Johannesburg. Ramani Durvasula receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Ramani Durvasula is an associate editor for Behavioral Medicine. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science Society for Behavioral Medicine, and the International Association of Applied Psychology.

 

Objectives

1. Distinguish the dynamics of narcissistic relationships.
2. Assess patterns associated with narcissistic abuse.
3. Catalogue the fallout from narcissistic abuse that clients experience, and co-occurring patterns that can complicate diagnosis and assessment.
4. Construct an actionable framework for working with clients presenting with the distress, discomfort and dysfunction entailed by experiencing narcissistic abuse, and fostering growth in these clients.
5. Evaluate ethical issues which arise in working with clients experiencing narcissistic abuse.

Outline

• A holistic view of the dynamics of narcissism, narcissistic personality disorder, and “narcissism-adjacent” personality styles
• Core dynamics in narcissistic relationships
• The vulnerabilities to getting into and remaining in these relationships in adulthood
• The phenomenon of narcissistic abuse and how to help clients understand etiologies without excusing this behavior
• The consequences of narcissistic abuse (behavioral, cognitive, emotional, interpersonal, identity, post-traumatic, and physical health)
• An actionable framework for working with clients experiencing narcissistic abuse
• Ethical concerns when working with narcissistic abuse including awareness of clinician lived experience, competence, boundaries, safety, reporting laws, and confidentiality
• Assess limits of the research and potential risks

Target Audience

• Counsellors
• Social Workers
• Psychologists
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• Addiction Counselors
• Physicians
• Physician Assistants
• Nurses
• Nurse Practitioners 
• Other Mental Health Professionals

Reviews