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Raised by Narcissists

How to Handle Your Difficult, Toxic and Abusive Parents
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A compassionate how-to guide which will ring legions of bells for anyone with dysfunctional or toxic parents - Jonathan Maitland, author and playwright, How to Survive your Mother We can't choose our parents. But we can choose how we deal with them. In Raised by Narcissists,... Read More
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A trusted psychologist helps you identify and work through the long-term effects of having a narcissistic parent

A trusted psychologist helps you identify and work through the long-term effects of having a narcissistic parent

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A compassionate how-to guide which will ring legions of bells for anyone with dysfunctional or toxic parents - Jonathan Maitland, author and playwright, How to Survive your Mother

We can't choose our parents. But we can choose how we deal with them. In Raised by Narcissists, counselling psychologist Dr Sarah Davies offers practical, realistic advice on how to heal from the trauma and toxicity of a narcissistic parent.

Drawing on case studies from her own practice, as well as her personal experience, Raised by Narcissists will teach you how to:

  • Recognise narcissistic behaviour in your upbringing and how it has impacted you
  • Identify the roles your narcissistic parent created in your family, including The Golden Child, The Black Sheep and The Enabler
  • Manage communication and boundaries with a narcissistic parent
  • Combat negative self-beliefs stemming from narcissism
  • Develop strategies for healing and self-care

Having a narcissistic parent can create long lasting effects on our self-esteem, confidence and subsequent relationships. Raised by Narcissists will teach you to acknowledge and begin to heal from the difficult experience of narcissistic parental abuse, reclaim your experience and move on to build a better future.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781800818828

Publisher: Profile Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 September 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Souvenir Press Ltd

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 214.0mm

Weight: 320g

Pages: 320

About the Author

Dr Sarah Davies is an author, Chartered Counselling Psychologist and Trauma Therapist with a private practice established in Harley Street, London. She has extensive clinical experience in the area of narcissistic abuse, co-dependency and related trauma and PTSD and has contributed to many publications on these subject areas including in Guardian, Daily Mail and Cosmopolitan. Dr Davies is the author of How to Leave A Narcissist . . . For Good and Raised By Narcissists.

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