If It’s Not You…Then Who Is It?
- Speaker:
- Ramani Durvasula, PhD, LCP
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 07 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
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Oct 05, 2024
- Product Code:
- POS150031
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
What’s wrong with me? How do I get it right? I feel like I am out of my mind.
These are common musings of people in relationships characterized by gaslighting, invalidation, manipulation, betrayal, and a mix of good days and bad. We as therapists are encountering clients experiencing these dynamics in relationships with antagonistic/narcissistic partners and spouses, families, in workplaces, and friendships. It’s not as simple as “don’t engage” (though that helps), but what do we know, what don’t we know, and how do we as therapists participate in this conversation with clients, with each other, and with the world at large? And once they can move past the relationship, we need skills to help them grieve it they once thought they had.
This keynote features Dr. Ramani Durvasula in conversation with David Kessler as they discuss key topics from her international bestseller It’s Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People.
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Speaker
Ramani Durvasula, PhD, LCP Related seminars and products
Ramani Durvasula, PhD is a psychologist in California, the founder and CEO of LUNA Education, Training and Consulting, and professor emerita of psychology at California State University Los Angeles. She is The New York Times bestselling author of It’s Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People. She is also the author of multiple other books including ”Don’t You Know Who I Am”: How to Stay Sane in the Era of Narcissism, Entitlement and Incivility and Should I Stay or Should I Go: Surviving a Relationship with a Narcissist. She has lectured and trained therapists around the world on best practices on working with clients experiencing narcissistic abuse and has developed a 36 hour virtual training and certification program in conjunction with PESI to train clinicians on how to use an antagonism-informed approach with clients experiencing narcissistic relationships.
Dr. Durvasula hosts a popular YouTube channel with over 2 million subscribers, maintains a program offering support and education to thousands of survivors, and is a featured expert on the digital media platform MedCircle. She also maintains an engaged online network called the Dr. Ramani Network. She has also been widely involved in the governance of the American Psychological Association, including the APA Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology and the APA Minority Fellowship Program. Dr. Durvasula received her MA and PhD degrees in clinical psychology from UCLA and completed her internship and post-doctoral training at the UCLA Department of Psychiatry. She completed her Bachelor of Science degree in psychology, with a minor in sociology in 1988 at the University of Connecticut. She resides in Los Angeles, CA.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Ramani Durvasula is the founder and CEO of LUNA Education, Training, and Consulting and has an employment relationship with 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. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science Society for Behavioral Medicine, and the International Association of Applied Psychology.
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Objectives
- Develop a clear conceptualization of narcissism/antagonism and why this is crucial in working with clients presenting with a range of relational difficulties.
- Identify the cycle of self-blame that gets cemented for people who are in relationships with people who have narcissistic/antagonistic personalities.
- Utilize radical acceptance strategies to assist clients in grieving the aspects of their narcissistic/antagonistic relationship that are unlikely to change.
Outline
- Narcissism is and why is it important to understand it
- Narcissism or NPD
- Considerations when working clients in relationships with narcissistic people
- “Antagonism-Informed Therapy" and the value in using the term "antagonism?"
- Radical acceptance and grief work as part of healing from narcissistic relationships
- Key issues for work with clients experiencing narcissistic relationships
- What inspired It’s Not You
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Social Workers
- Physicians
- Psychologists
- Addiction Counselors
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