Why Narcissists Don't Do Well in Therapy
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs
Lisa A. Romano
4.8 • 805 Ratings
🗓️ 14 October 2020
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
If you've ever been in therapy with a narcissist, you might have ended up feeling frustrated, angry, and maybe even duped. Scientific research suggests that narcissists have a difficult time changing their behavior, so that means, you're not crazy if you feel like you can't get anywhere with someone with high narcissistic traits. In this episode, you'll learn why.
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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 |
| 0:24.9 | rather than living a reactive life. |
| 0:28.3 | May your heart feel blessed, your mind feel expanded, and your spirit find hope |
| 0:32.8 | as you spend time with me here at the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast. |
| 0:38.2 | Today we're going to be discussing narcissists and therapy. |
| 0:42.8 | So let's start off by explaining always that narcissism is a personality trait. |
| 0:49.6 | It is something that slides up and down a spectrum. |
| 0:53.3 | So you can have a narcissistic trait. You can have |
| 0:56.9 | narcissism. You can be more narcissistic one day, less narcissistic. Another day. You can have a bout |
| 1:04.4 | of entitlement and resolve it very quickly. You and I, include myself, when I say you, you and I can have a period where |
| 1:12.3 | we blame someone else for why we feel the way we feel, but hopefully we rebound and we |
| 1:18.6 | recognize that that's not healthy. We recognize that it's up to us to take care of ourselves. |
| 1:27.2 | We recognize that blaming other people for |
| 1:29.7 | our failures is unfair and it's not healthy and we're not teaching our children anything |
| 1:36.4 | about self-accountability and self-reliance and self-respect. We recognize that narcissism does |
| 1:44.0 | exist on a spectrum. And when it is a pervasive |
| 1:49.1 | pattern in someone's life, that is when we are more likely to say that someone is a narcissist. |
| 1:57.0 | So we're not a narcissist sometimes. We're a narcissist all the time. So someone who is a narcissist |
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