Should They Stay or Should They Go? Working with Ambivalent Clients Experiencing Antagonistic/Narcissistic Relationships
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Sitting with clients who are being negatively impacted by a narcissist is hard because it can seem like leaving is the obvious solution...but not all clients are willing or able to do that.
In this must-attend session, Ramani Durvasula, PhD, LCP, highly sought-after narcissism expert, researcher, and author of Should I Stay or Should I Go: Surviving a Relationship with a Narcissist, will provide guidance on this ambivalence and the factors that make choice complex. She will then discuss techniques to consider in working with these clients, frame psychoeducational approaches, and highlight awareness of our presence in the client’s process as well as the errors clinicians may make while working with clients at these difficult decisional nodes.
Dr. Ramani Durvasula is a licensed clinical psychologist in Los Angeles, CA, Professor Emerita of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles, and the founder and CEO of LUNA Education, Training & Consulting, a company focused on educating individuals, clinicians, and businesses/institutions on the impact of narcissistic personality styles. Her academic research was focused on the impact of personality and personality disorders on health and behavior.
She is an author of multiple books including Should I Stay or Should I Go: Surviving a Relationship with a Narcissist, and ”Don’t You Know Who I Am?” How to Stay Sane in an Era of Narcissism, Entitlement, and Incivility and her newest book, It’s Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People will be released in February 2024 (Penguin Life). Dr. Durvasula is a faculty member for the APA Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology, and a consulting editor for the journal Behavioral Medicine. She has spoken widely on the impact of narcissism on mental health , relationships, and the workplace. She also operates a popular YouTube channel and podcast (Navigating Narcissism). Dr. Durvasula is also working with PESI on the development of an educational and certification program for clinicians working with clients experiencing the fallout of narcissistic relationships.
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