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Narcissistic Abuse Therapy (Parent/Family)

As a child, your parent was excessively critical and only praised you for material achievements. Your parent was charming and fun to everyone else, but to you they were mean and controlling. You learned that people pleasing was the safest way to avoid verbal attacks or anger as a child. You never felt good enough.

As an adult, you do your best to have a relationship with your parent, but this means you always give in. You try to set boundaries, but this makes your parent angry, accusatory, and withholding. You try to resolve conflict, but they dismiss your feelings or tell you to get over it already.

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Narcissistic Family Abuse

Signs You May Have Experienced Parental Narcissistic Abuse

Low self-esteem
Difficulty in relationships
Difficulty trusting own judgment
Preoccupation with achievements
People pleasing, struggling to say no
Constant guilt
Difficulty regulating emotions
Difficulty trusting others
Confusion
Frequent validation seeking

Understanding the Narcissistic Family

Trying to survive in your family is like playing a game of chess. You need to be steps ahead of everyone else to prevent drama, social exclusion, and conflict.

A narcissistic family system is a dysfunctional family unit with at least one narcissistic parent. In a narcissistic family, it is common for family members to gang up on one person, compete with each other, or scapegoat one child and favor another (golden child). It is common for narcissistic family systems to have more than one narcissist in the family.

*** If you are experiencing physical violence/abuse, please call the Domestic Violence Hotline. To report child abuse or neglect, please call Child Protective Services.

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How Therapy Heals Narcissistic Abuse

You don’t have to be caught in the drama any longer. Therapy will help you feel free and at peace. I specialize in helping adult children heal from parental and family narcissistic abuse.

Through therapy you can:

Recognize signs of a narcissistic family or parent.
Stop playing the toxic family game.
Identify manipulative and gaslighting behaviors.
Increase self-esteem and self-worth.
Feel confident to set boundaries.
Decrease feelings of guilt and shame.
Improve romantic relationships.

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