Episode 33: The Clinician's Guide to Treating Adult Children of Narcissists

*This episode is for mental health cliniciains. After today's episode head on over to @therapybookspodcast to learn about the latest giveaway. If you are enjoying these episodes and would like to support the podcast, please leave a review. *The information shared on this podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler, interviews Amy Marlow-MaCoy, LPC  about her book co-authored with Amy Kemp, The Clinician's Guide to Treating Adult Children of Narcissists: Pulling Back the Curtain on Manipulation, Gaslighting, and Emotional Abuse in Narcissistic Families.   Highlights from this episode include: 2:04 Amy shares why she wrote this book and the importance of clinicians knowing how to do this work. 4:46 How to talk to clients about personality traits without diagnosing. 5:35 Amy shares how the books provides examples of how to talk to clients about narcissism. 8:05 The definition of narcissism. 10:38 Counter transference 14:54: How a narcissistic family of origin can impact someone. About the author: Amy Marlow-MaCoy, LPC Amy Marlow-MaCoy is a licensed professional counselor specializing in helping clients heal from narcissistic abuse. She is the author of The Clinician's Guide to Treating Adult Children of Narcissists (with Amy Kempe) and The Gaslighting Recovery Workbook. Amy runs a mentorship program for therapists working with adult children of narcissists. You can connect with Amy on here or here. You can connect with Amy Kemp at her website.