- Pathological Love Relationship (PLR) definition
- PLR theory and its influences from other fields and disciplines
- Differentiating these relationships and abusers from others
- Research and treatment limitations
- How to spot a Pathological Love Relationship
- Identifying Pathological Love Relationships through personality and personality disorders
- The DSM Alternative Model about personality disorders and interpersonal risk
- Significance of partner pathology as ‘pervasive’ and the relevance to survivor’s understanding
- Problems identifying Pathological Love Relationships
- How to identify relational pathology from the DSM-5 four impairments
- DSM descriptions used as one of the identifiers in spotting a Pathological Love Relationship
- Stages of Pathological Love Relationships
- Pre-Stage— trolling, luring and predatory targeting tactics
- Early Stage— manufactured intensity and reflective relational tactics
- Mid-Phase —when the mask slips
- End relationship dynamics
Critical Considerations for Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment
- Who these survivors are NOT
- Survivor personality super trait elevations and its importance in targeting and recovery
- Agreeableness and cooperation: the relationship investment trait
- Conscientiousness and self-directedness: the integrity-oriented life traits
- Misidentification/misdiagnosis of personality ‘Super Traits’
- Codependency, dependent PD, borderline PD, empaths
Atypical Presentations of Trauma and Keys to Treating the Survivor
- How these survivor’s symptoms can be different
- ‘Atypical’ trauma and misdiagnosis
- Cognitive dissonance and its presentation in survivors
- Difference in chronic and persistent CD— not your college understanding
- Cognitive dissonance and its connection to PTSD intensification
- Trauma treatment and further treatment issues