Managing the Fallout of Narcissistic Abuse: Addressing the Impact of High-Conflict Personality Styles

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All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

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Ramani Durvasula, PhD, LCP Related seminars and products

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Dr. Ramani Durvasula is a licensed clinical psychologist, Professor of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles, and the Founder and CEO of LUNA Education, Training & Consulting, a company that offers a range of programs focused on educating survivors, clinicians, coaches and businesses on the impacts of narcissism on health, wellness and functioning. She’s the author of Don’t You Know Who I Am: How to Stay Sane in the Era of Narcissism, Entitlement and Incivility, Should I Stay or Should I Go: Surviving a Relationship With A Narcissist. Dr. Ramani also has a popular YouTube channel that focuses on narcissism and difficult relationships, mental health, and societal expectations. Her work has been featured at SxSW, TEDx and on a wide range of media platforms including, Red Table Talk, the Today Show, Oxygen, Investigation Discovery and Bravo. She is also a featured expert on the digital media mental health platform MedCircle. Dr. Durvasula’s research on personality disorders has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and she is a Consulting Editor of the scientific journal Behavioral Medicine. Dr. Durvasula is a brutally honest voice on the struggles raised by narcissism in the US and globally.  

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Ramani Durvasula is the founder and CEO of LUNA Education, Training, and Consulting. She maintains a private practice and has employment relationships with the California State University Los Angeles and the University of Johannesburg. Ramani Durvasula receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Ramani Durvasula is an associate editor for Behavioral Medicine and a consulting editor for Psychology of Women Quarterly and Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Mental Health. She is an ad hoc reviewer for the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, AIDS and Behavior, and Sex Roles: A Journal of Research. Ramani Durvasula is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science Society for Behavioral Medicine, and the International Association of Applied Psychology.

Objectives

1. Distinguish the dynamics of narcissistic relationships.
2. Assess patterns associated with narcissistic abuse.
3. Catalogue the fallout from narcissistic abuse that clients experience, and co-occurring patterns that can complicate diagnosis and assessment.
4. Construct an actionable framework for working with clients presenting with the distress, discomfort and dysfunction entailed by experiencing narcissistic abuse, and fostering growth in these clients.
5. Evaluate ethical issues which arise in working with clients experiencing narcissistic abuse.

Outline

• A holistic view of the dynamics of narcissism, narcissistic personality disorder, and “narcissism-adjacent” personality styles
• Core dynamics in narcissistic relationships
• The vulnerabilities to getting into and remaining in these relationships in adulthood
• The phenomenon of narcissistic abuse and how to help clients understand etiologies without excusing this behavior
• The consequences of narcissistic abuse (behavioral, cognitive, emotional, interpersonal, identity, post-traumatic, and physical health)
• An actionable framework for working with clients experiencing narcissistic abuse
• Ethical concerns when working with narcissistic abuse including awareness of clinician lived experience, competence, boundaries, safety, reporting laws, and confidentiality
• Assess limits of the research and potential risks

Target Audience

• Counsellors
• Social Workers
• Psychologists
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• Addiction Counselors
• Physicians
• Physician Assistants
• Nurses
• Nurse Practitioners 
• Other Mental Health Professionals

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