Why Are Narcissists So Resistant To Change?
Surviving Narcissism with Dr. Les Carter
Dr. Les Carter
4.8 • 606 Ratings
🗓️ 14 June 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Dr. Carter takes you inside the mind of a therapist, discussing the patterns he would identify in his patients. He focuses on 4 universal truths (and more) that we each need to come to terms with, then highlights the healthy alternatives. Then he focuses on the mind of a narcissist, describing how they tend to respond when confronted with the need for growth and change. Narcissists have multiple barriers to overcome if they are going to mature, and most are so entrenched in their dysfunctions that they sabotage the process altogether. It's important for you to understand how this works so you will not be thrown off course in your own maturation goals.
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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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Transcript
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| 0:56.7 | And thanks again to BetterHelp for sponsoring this podcast. |
| 1:05.5 | Welcome to this week's episode of the Surviving Narcissism Podcast. |
| 1:10.2 | I'm Michelle, the program director, and I would |
| 1:12.5 | like to start this episode with a quick introduction. For those of you not familiar with surviving |
| 1:17.7 | narcissism, it is the product of many years of work done by Dr. Les Carter. Dr. Carter is a best-selling |
| 1:24.0 | author and therapist with more than 40 years of experience, |
| 1:31.4 | specializing in anger management and narcissistic personality disorder. |
| 1:34.6 | This week, Dr. C's topic will be, |
| 1:38.3 | why are narcissists so resistant to change? |
| 1:46.1 | Hey, team healthy, welcome back. |
| 1:50.4 | I'm pleased to have another chance to talk with you on our surviving narcissism podcast. |
| 2:02.7 | And as we go through these different episodes, I'm wanting to walk you through all sorts of different angles of understanding this phenomenon of narcissism so that you can have a much clearer idea of how you're going to deal with those individuals out there who have a strong narcissistic |
| 2:08.6 | men and frankly so that you can take a hard examination of yourself to make sure that you don't |
| 2:13.2 | go down that path any further than where a healthiness will allow you to go. |
| 2:25.1 | Now, today, I want to address a question that's extremely common when people are looking at that narcissist thinking, well, perhaps we could make some music together. |
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