Why Understanding Narcissists Empowers You

Keys to breaking the spell and regaining your power through predictability.

As a clinical psychologist in private practice, I see a surprising amount of people who either grew up in a toxic environment, married into one, or both. A typical session is peppered with anxiety and fear, self doubt, blame, and sometimes righteous anger at the offending narcissist. It’s magnificently gratifying for me to help them walk the path to self empowerment and sanity. Starting with a blunt, “Ok, so first we have to understand your ________ (husband/ wife/ mom/ dad/ sibling/ boss/ etc), and then we can deal with that pesky unfair feeling that’s been plaguing you,” — yeah, that wouldn’t generally go over so well.