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Disarming the Narcissist from Wendy T. Behary

Disarming the Narcissist Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed from Wendy T. Behary

Faculty:Wendy T. Behary

Duration:6 Hours 16 Minutes | Format:Audio and Video

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Outline:

Origins of Narcissism and Treatment

Conceptualization of narcissism and early unmet needs
Assessment tools
Narcissism DSM® and Schema Theory

The Spectrum of Narcissism

Entitled types
Full-blown character pathology
Sociopathic profiles

The Narcissist in Treatment

Unmet needs
Coping styles
Imbedded states of mind
Using specific assessment tools to guide treatment
Modes and schema of the narcissistic client

Overcoming the Challenges in Treating the Narcissist

Traits, states, and coping styles
How the narcissist provokes the therapist
How the therapist’s schemas and modes can sabotages treatment
Gaining leverage
Meaningful consequences
Keeping the narcissist motivated
Working with the narcissist’s spouse or significant other

Interventions and Strategies for Change

Establish agreements regarding mutual respect
Imagery, for linking new thinking and behavior with early maladaptive experiences
Confront the detached modes in order to access the lonely child
The power of candid “realness” to build trust
Break through intellectual and approval-seeking barriers
Confront overcompensating grandiosity
Effectively tackle aggressiveness
How to remain the credible, compassionate expert that you are

How to Implement Interventions: Demonstrations and Role Plays

Video presentation/case discussion
Imagery
Cognitive and emotion-focused chair work
Mode work
Empathic confrontation
Therapy relationship
Limit setting

Description:

From Wendy Behary…

Twenty years ago, I, like you, was frustrated with the lack of treatment progress I was having with narcissistic clients and tired of feeling irritated, intimidated and defeated. I would check my schedule, and when his name was there in bold font at 4:00 PM, I would feel a dreadful pit in my stomach…but no more! The techniques I am going to give you solved this, turned my life as a practitioner around and effectively changed my client’s self-defeating patterns.

I’m talking about the challenges of dealing with an “involuntary” client. The one forced to come for therapy by a loved one fed up with his arrogant, self-righteous, and obnoxious behaviors. He had recently lost a relationship, had a disciplinary problem at work and was in legal trouble all because the “rules didn’t apply to him”. He would strut into my office – first trying to amuse me, then defiantly refuse to engage in my “touchy feely” strategies.

I found the key to effectively working with narcissistic clients.

Since then I have honed this innovative therapeutic approach to help move these clients beyond their self-destructive behavior, transforming the lives of numerous clients and their families. This approach will revolutionize your practice and drastically improve your outcomes with your most difficult clients (not just narcissistic ones, since it works well with any challenging or resistant client).

I have gone on to write a book “Disarming the Narcissist,” as well as teach this approach around the globe and now have, in conjunction with PESI, created a special workshop to help you learn and incorporate these methods into your work.

Sign up today, to get the secrets to my success and help you transform your approach. No boring talk and theory, rather we will walk through step by step, the key strategies in my approach. You will learn how to engage these clients effectively – and confidently address their most frustrating behaviors.

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About Author

Wendy T. Behary

With 25 years post-graduate training and advanced level certifications, Wendy Behary is the founder and director of The Cognitive Therapy Center of New Jersey and The Schema Therapy Institutes of NJ-NYC and DC.

She has been treating clients, training professionals and supervising psychotherapists for more than 20 years. She is also on the faculty of the Cognitive Therapy Center and Schema Therapy Institute of New York, where she has trained and worked with Dr. Jeffrey Young since 1989. Wendy is a founding fellow (and supervisor) of The Academy of Cognitive Therapy (Dr. Aaron T. Beck). She was also the President of the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST) from 2010-2014.

Wendy Behary has co-authored several chapters and articles on Schema Therapy and Cognitive Therapy. She is the author of “Disarming the Narcissist…Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed” (New Harbinger Publications). Now translated in 15 languages. Wendy has a specialty in treating narcissists and the people who live with and deal with them. As an author and an expert on the subject of narcissism, she is a contributing chapter author of several chapters on Schema Therapy for narcissism (Wiley and APA Press). She lectures both nationally and internationally to professional and general audiences on the subject of Schema Therapy, and the subject of narcissism, relationships, and dealing with difficult people. Her work with the commercial industry has included speaking engagements focused on interpersonal conflict resolution.