How To Spot A Toxic Narcissist, featuring Dr. Kerry McAvoy
Surviving Narcissism with Dr. Les Carter
Dr. Les Carter
4.8 • 606 Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Dr. C is joined by Dr. Kerry McAvoy, author of Love You More. She clearly describes some primary signs to watch for as you determine the level of toxicity in a narcissist. As you understand how their outward actions are an indication of inner turmoil, you can learn not to be pulled in by their manipulations.
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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.
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Kerry Kerr McAvoy, Ph.D., a psychologist and writer, is an expert on cultivating healthy relationships and deconstructing narcissism. Her blogs have been featured on Mamami, YourTango, Scary Mommy, and The Good Men Project. She offers trauma-related advice on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and the Breaking Free with Kerry & Tara podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Dr. C here. Before we begin, I'd like to make sure that you're aware that this podcast is |
| 0:11.6 | sponsored by BetterHelp.com. A BetterHelp is a leading provider of online therapy and then they |
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| 0:34.4 | of professional therapy. All you have to do is go to betterhelp.com. |
| 0:38.7 | That's betterh-h-E-L-P dot com slash surviving narcissism podcast. I know that many of you would find |
| 0:47.3 | online therapy to be quite life-changing. And so go to betterhelp.com slash surviving narcissism |
| 0:54.1 | podcast. |
| 0:55.3 | And many thanks to the people at BetterHelp for sponsoring our podcast. |
| 1:04.9 | Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Surviving Narcissism Podcast. |
| 1:09.6 | With your host, Dr. Les Carter. I'm Michaela, the |
| 1:12.4 | program director, and in today's episode, Dr. Carter will discuss how to spot a toxic narcissist, |
| 1:18.9 | featuring Dr. Carey McAvoy. Well, good day, team healthy. |
| 1:28.2 | I'm so pleased to have you here once again today. |
| 1:30.6 | And you know that one of the things I like to do is bring you some people who are on the front |
| 1:35.4 | line talking about our topic with narcissism and the impact they can have on your life. |
| 1:42.3 | And I have a special guest with me here today and uh this |
| 1:45.6 | is someone that i've become recently familiar with her name is dr carrie mackaboy uh dr mackaboy from |
| 1:51.4 | first thank you so much for being here with us here on our surviving narcissism podcast |
| 1:56.6 | thank you so much dr carter so much it's a pleasure to meet you as well. I feel honored. |
| 2:02.4 | Okay, well, and it's mutual. Just please know that. Now, you have written on this topic of narcissism |
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