Counter Parenting With a Narcissist - Reducing Trauma to the Child (Interview with Jaqui Sansom)

Jaqui Sansom works with parents to create a secure family to live in. Jaqui has been a family and child protection lawyer for 20 years. For more information on her work please visit her website: https://www.powerless2powerfulparenting.com/about (00:00) Getting started ((1:08) Is narcissism trait or a disorder? (03:41) Can you experience trauma beyond the childhood? (06:43) Is narcissism a scale? How does it work? (09:00) The signs of narcissism in co-parenting (10:33) Is it possible for a child to develop narcissistic traits? (11:38) Children copying their parents (12:35) Is it possible to balance narcissistic tendencies of a partner, to prevent the relationship negatively impacting the child? (15:13) Managing contact with narcissistic co-parent in a boundaried way (17:43) Is it possible to ameliorate the contact? (21:00) You need a fundamental change if you want to defend yourself (22:54) Facing the (ugly) reality is empowering (24:42) As a non-narcissistic parent, do we overcompensate to balance narcissism? (27:32) Even narcissistic parents can love their children, right? (29:46) Every NPD's relationship is destined to fall (30:59) What are the different family dynamics in a narcissistic unit? (golden child & scapegoat) (35:36) On trauma bonding & dependency (40:59) Cultural conditioning to bond with a romantic partner (42:40) Does the narcissists ever recognize their behaviour? (45:09) Goodbye