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Gaslighting: Help Clients Escape and Rebuild
from a Narcissist's Emotional Abuse

June 16, 2023 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Central
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In this best-selling training, Dr. Stephanie Sarkis, author of Gaslighting: Recognize Manipulative and Emotionally Abuse People – And Break Free covers everything you need to know.

From the 10 questions, every therapist needs to be asking self-critical clients

...how to employ effective strategies to help them build healthy boundaries, reverse toxic relationship patterns and restore their trust and confidence in themselves...

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With gaslighting being one of today's hottest topics on social media and in popular culture the number of clients saying "is this happening to me?" is only going to grow.

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A More Dangerous Form of Emotional Abuse
  • Potential for domestic homicide is higher
  • Lifetime attachment issues for children witnessing the abuse
  • Parental alienation
  • Chronic loss of self-esteem; higher suicide rates
  • Gaslighting probability higher in men
Warning Signs of Gaslighting
  • Intermittent positive reinforcement (breadcrumbing)
  • Slow spiral into instability
  • Compulsive lying with malicious intent
  • Jekyll and Hyde personality
Unpacking Profile of Perpetrator
  • Narcissist, sociopath, or learned behavior? Nature/nurture
  • Demands absolute loyalty, never gives it in return
  • Chronic pattern of infidelity
  • May be very charismatic
  • They'll only attend couples therapy, never individual
  • Gaslighting the therapist
  • Case study: 38-year-old male, gaslighting his partner
Recognizing Gaslighting Abuse in Clients
  • Disconnected and isolated from family and friends
  • Blames self for abuse
  • Difficulty recognizing gradual build of abuse
  • Ruminates on how to "fix" relationship
  • Abuse in family of origin
  • Increase in anxious attachment style traits
  • Given up independence, including job and solo activities
  • Enters therapy because they view themselves as the "problem"
Healing from Family-of-Origin and Complicated Grief
  • Insecure attachment
  • Permission to detach, reduce, or cease communication
  • Sticking to healthy boundaries
  • Reverse relationship patterns
  • Case study: Cassie, 60-year-old female, family of-origin engages in gaslighting
Help Clients Rebuild Their Lives
  • Effective strategies for co-parenting with gaslighter
  • Legal protections for clients and their children
  • Formation of healthy boundaries
  • Case study: Jamie, 45-years-old, co-parenting with a narcissist
  • Case study: 35-years-old, co-parenting with gaslighting ex-partner
Potential Pitfalls for Therapists
  • Triangulation of therapist
  • Being swayed by gaslighter's charisma
  • Frustration over client returning to relationship
  • Pushing own agenda of client independence
  • Vicarious traumatization and burnout

FREE Live Online Training
Gaslighting: Help Clients Escape and Rebuild
from a Narcissist's Emotional Abuse
June 16, 2023 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Central
Can't attend live? Register anyway for 14-day free access to the training!
*CE hours and Certificate of Completion are available for an additional cost. Register for more information.
YOUR EXPERT INSTRUCTOR
Stephanie Sarkis

Dr. Stephanie Sarkis is a renowned therapist and leading expert on gaslighting.

With over two decades of experience as a clinician, author, and speaker, Dr. Sarkis has become a trusted voice in the fight against gaslighting and related forms of psychological manipulation.

Her groundbreaking book, Gaslighting: Recognize Manipulative and Emotionally Abusive People - and Break Free, has become a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the devastating impact of gaslighting and how to heal from its effects.

Dr. Sarkis is a frequent contributor to major media outlets including CNN, The Washington Post, and Forbes. Her latest book Healing from Toxic Relationships is available now or visit her website at www.stephaniesarkis.com.

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FREE Live Online Training
Gaslighting: Help Clients Escape and Rebuild
from a Narcissist's Emotional Abuse
June 16, 2023 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Central
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*CE hours and Certificate of Completion are available for an additional cost. Register for more information.

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