Narcissists and Projective Identification
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs
Lisa A. Romano
4.8 • 805 Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2021
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Narcissists often project their own flaws onto their targets, and if the target isn't careful, they can also get the target to identify with those flaws. Life Coach and bestselling author Lisa A. Romano, interviews, Douglas, a prominent psychotherapist to learn more.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast. |
| 0:06.0 | My name is Lisa A. Romano. |
| 0:08.0 | I am a life coach, best-selling author, YouTube vlogger, meditation teacher, an expert in the field of codependency and narcissistic abuse. |
| 0:16.0 | I am a believer in the power of an organized mind. |
| 0:20.0 | My aim is to help people learn what it means to live above the veil of consciousness rather |
| 0:25.8 | than living a reactive life. |
| 0:28.3 | May your heart feel blessed, your mind feel expanded, and your spirit find hope as you |
| 0:33.5 | spend time with me here at the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast. |
| 0:39.1 | Thank you, everybody, for joining me here today. |
| 0:42.0 | With me, today I have Douglas, who is a licensed professional counselor, the psychotherapist, |
| 0:47.5 | licensed in the state of Pennsylvania, who earned his master's degree in counseling in 2011, |
| 0:52.6 | and he earned his license of the counselor in 2015. |
| 0:56.0 | He's been treating clients in private practice since 2016 after an apprenticeship working |
| 1:00.9 | in three community mental health units. He specializes in treating codependency and victims of |
| 1:06.0 | narcissistic abuse. He was born and raised in a very emotionally disturbed family. He suffered two suicides of |
| 1:12.0 | family members, his mother who suffered from borderline personality disorder, and his middle brother |
| 1:16.8 | an alcoholic. Both grandfathers were alcoholics. Douglas made his family business, his profession. |
| 1:23.1 | He identifies as a recovering passive codependent beginning on January 7th, 2018. |
| 1:28.8 | And like all of us, Douglas is choosing to recover one day at a time. |
| 1:33.1 | He attended the noted Swarthmore College. |
| 1:35.7 | Hope I said that right, Douglas? |
| 1:37.1 | Where he was a solid student graduating in 1989. |
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