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  • Therapy for Narcissistic Abuse

    Does your partner constantly put you down with negative comments or inconsiderate jokes? Do they try to maintain control in your relationship by pushing you away from other friends and loved ones, pitting others against you, or controlling your finances? Do they give you the silent treatment, guilt-trip you, blackmail you, demean you, or otherwise manipulate you? If so, you may be experiencing narcissistic abuse.

    Narcissistic abuse can be difficult to identify and heal from, because it challenges a lot of our society’s ideas about abuse. Abuse isn’t always physical or overt, and narcissists aren’t always grandiose extroverts with high self-esteem. In fact, whether they’re an introverted, covert narcissist, or an extroverted, classic narcissist, most narcissists almost always have extremely low self-esteem. They cope with this by using people and relationships as a means to their own ends.

    If you are currently in or have been in a relationship with an abusive narcissist, you may find yourself struggling with shame, anxiety, depression, or other difficult emotional—or even physical—symptoms. But you don’t have to live this way. You deserve so much more than that.

    Through my Therapy for Narcissistic Abuse, I can give you the support you need to heal and move on—from recognizing and processing the abuse, to managing symptoms and healing wounds, and ultimately learning to trust again.

     

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    Recommended Reading

    How to Tell If Someone Is Gaslighting You
    Newport Institute

    How Micromanipulations Help Narcissists Stay in Control
    Kristy Lee Hochenberger Ph.D., Psychology Today

    Narcissism & Codependency: You Can’t have One without the Other.
    Stacy Hoch, Elephant Journal

    Overcoming Narcissistic Abuse
    Avaya University

     

    Books

    The Wizard of Oz and Other Narcissists: Coping with the One-Way Relationship in Work, Love, and Family
    Eleanor D. Payson

    The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond
    Patricia Evans

    Verbal Abuse: Survivors Speak Out on Relationship and Recovery
    Patricia Evans

    Victory Over Verbal Abuse: A Healing Guide to Renewing Your Spirit and Reclaiming Your Life
    Patricia Evans

    The Verbally Abusive Man—Can He Change? A Woman’s Guide to Deciding Whether to Stay or Go
    Patricia Evans

    Borderline, Narcissistic and Schizoid Adaptations: The Pursuit of Love, Admiration and Safety
    Elinor Greenberg

    The Covert Passive Aggressive Narcissist
    Debbie Mirza

    Psychopath Free
    Jackson Mackenzie

    Should I Stay or Should I Go? Surviving a Relationship with a Narcissist
    Ramani Durvasula

    Healing from a Narcissistic Relationship: A Caretaker’s Guide to Recovery, Empowerment, and Transformation
    Margalos Fjelstd