15 Off Label Patterns That Reveal Narcissism
Surviving Narcissism with Dr. Les Carter
Dr. Les Carter
4.8 • 606 Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2022
⏱️ 31 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Academia tells us that narcissists are identified by an attitude of entitlement, the need for control, willingness to exploit, low empathy, and more. Drawing upon his 40+ years of speaking with individuals in his therapy office, Dr. Les Carter expands upon the academic definition by highlighting 15 of the most common "off-label" indicators of narcissism. As you see the many ways that a narcissist will reveal their disorder, you can become more confident as you learn to trust in your own balanced approach to life.
Thank you to BetterHelp for sponsoring this episode. Take charge of your mental healthy and get 10% off of your first month of therapy at https://betterhelp.com/survivingnarcissismpodcast
Sign up for Dr. Carter’s NEW course: Ready, Set, Connect https://courses.survivingnarcissism.tv/courses/ready-set-connect Get 30% off when you use the coupon code: SNCommunity30
Dr. Les Carter is a best selling author and therapist who has semi-retired to Waco, TX. In the past 40+ years he has conducted more than 65,000 counseling sessions and many workshops and seminars. He specializes in anger management and narcissistic personality disorder.
Join the Team Healthy community HERE: https://survivingnarcissism.tv/subscribe/
Check out videos, articles, quizzes, and more at our website: https://survivingnarcissism.tv
You can follow Surviving Narcissism on:
Twitter: @SNarcissism101
Instagram: @survivingnarcissism101
Facebook: @survivingnarcissism101
Dr. Carter has two other courses that you may find to be useful:
- Free to Be: Reclaim & rediscover your uniqueness https://survivingnarcissism.tv/free-to-be-course/
- This Is Me: Setting boundaries with the controllers in your life https://survivingnarcissism.tv/this-is-me
Dr. Carter's personal website: http://drlescarter.com/
Dr. Carter's other YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/drlescarter
Bookstore: https://survivingnarcissism.tv/books-on-narcissism-surviving-narcissism/
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | This podcast is sponsored by betterhelp.com. A BetterHelp is customized online therapy that offers video, phone, or live chat sessions with your therapist, and it's much more |
| 0:22.2 | affordable than in-person therapy, and you can start communicating with your therapist in under 48 |
| 0:27.7 | hours. |
| 0:28.1 | Now, as a special offer to surviving narcissism listeners, you can get 10% off your first month |
| 0:35.0 | of professional therapy at betterhelp.com slash surviving narcissism |
| 0:40.8 | podcast. So join the millions of people who are seeing what online therapy is really about. |
| 0:46.1 | It's always a good time to invest in yourself. Now that's better h-P-com slash surviving narcissism podcast. |
| 0:56.8 | And thanks again to BetterHelp for sponsoring this podcast. |
| 1:05.5 | Welcome to this week's episode of the Surviving Narcissism Podcast. |
| 1:10.3 | This is Michelle, the program director, |
| 1:12.2 | and I would like to start this episode with a quick introduction. For those of you not familiar |
| 1:17.0 | with surviving narcissism, it is the product of many years of work done by Dr. Les Carter. |
| 1:22.8 | Dr. Carter is a best-selling author and therapist with more than 40 years of experience, specializing in anger management and narcissistic personality disorder. |
| 1:32.3 | This week, Dr. C's topic will be 15 off-label patterns that reveal narcissism. |
| 1:39.3 | Hello, Team Healthy. It's good to be back with you once again. Okay, we have a lot that I want to cover here today. |
| 1:50.2 | And I'm hoping that I can help you understand the phenomenon of narcissism from as pragmatic of a place as we can possibly go. |
| 1:59.9 | Okay. Now, I want to just give you a real quick |
| 2:02.7 | rundown about what academia says about narcissism and what it is. And then I want to share with you |
| 2:09.9 | for my 40 plus years as a therapist what I consider to being 15 of the most common off-label |
| 2:17.4 | patterns that will reveal narcissism. |
| 2:20.6 | In other words, well, let's take what academia says, and then I want to break it down and |
| 2:25.0 | show you now in real time. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr. Les Carter, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Dr. Les Carter and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.