Cancelled - Therapy with Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents: Strategies to Release Shame, Resolve Attachment Injuries, and Create a Sense of Self

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Brenda Stephens Related seminars and products

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Brenda Stephens is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor who works solely with survivors of narcissistic abuse and trauma. She obtained her education through the University of Wisconsin system and is a board member for CALPCC, the professional organization for clinical counselors in the state of California. Brenda is the founder of a group and coaching practice in Southern California, The Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Center, assisting survivors of narcissistic abuse globally. She offers training to other therapists to help them support their clients who are children, partners, and others who have been abused by a person, or persons, with narcissistic traits. She is the author of Recovering from Narcissistic Mothers: A Daughter's Guide and The Narcissism Recovery Workbook: Healing from Emotional Abuse.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Brenda Stephens is the founder of The Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Center. She is an author and receives royalties. Ms. Stephens receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, INC.
Non-financial: Ms. Stephens is a board member for CALPCC.

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Objectives

1. Distinguish parental narcissistic abuse and other types of emotional abuse.
2. Integrate tools to help ease shame and guilt of adult children of narcissistic parents.
3. Apply techniques to increase rapport and secure attachment development in clients.
4. Distinguish malignant and covert narcissists and how treatment differs for those who have experienced their abuse.
5. Create treatment plans that help your client set boundaries, communicate their needs, and develop a stronger sense of self.
6. Develop proficiency in teaching client’s positive attachments in relationships and rebuilding self-esteem.

Outline

• Narcissistic Personality Disorder – what clinicians need to know
• How narcissistic abuse differs from emotional abuse
• Malignant, covert, and communal Narcissists…how they’re different and why it matters?
• Mother-daughter role reversal – when clients are put in the role of parent as children
• Narcissism and attachment theory

• Radical acceptance of reality – why acknowledging a relationship with a narcissist is the first key to recovery?
• Vulnerability exercises to help clients understand shame and how to let it go
• Interventions to release the guilt for things out of their control
• Managing self-blame – how therapists can help clients assign responsibility where it belongs
• Step-by-step guide for writing a letter to a parent

• Taking the sting out of triggers – teach clients to recognize and respond to trigger events
• Help your clients overcome The Four-F’s in triggering situations
• Setting boundaries without guilt
• Clear and concise communication to use with the narcissist
• Codependency – help clients understand and unlearn this behavior
• When to separate from a parent? Learn when and how to help your client confront their parent

• Trauma and grief - learn how to walk with your client through that grief of what could have been
• Counter your client’s need to be their parents’ narcissistic supply
• Build support – the importance of having people in their corner
• DBT exercises that help clients release control and practice acceptance
• Thwart intergenerational trauma from narcissistic parents to protect your client’s children

• Guide your client’s conversation with their inner child
• Help clients stop gaslighting themselves and reconnect with their core self
• Reconcile and resolve attachment injuries
• Re-build self-esteem – guide clients in valuing themselves
• How to guide clients in creating specific goals toward recovery
• Research, risks and limitations

Target Audience

• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Psychologists
• Psychiatrists
• Psychotherapists
• Therapists
• Addiction Counselors
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Case Managers
• Nurses
• Other Mental Health Professionals