Live Event

Narcissistic Abuse 101

Sat, May 3rd, 2025

11:00am – 2:15pm US Eastern Time

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Event Details

Sat, May 3rd, 2025

11:00am – 2:15pm US Eastern Time

(8:00am – 11:15am US Pacific Time)

3 CE Hours

Profession Group

Behavioral Health

About the Event

This training will provide clinicians with a clear understanding of the definition, history, spectrum, and concept of narcissism and narcissistic abuse. Training areas of focus include understanding the harmful effects of narcissistic abuse on clients, learning to identify narcissistic traits and behaviors, and understanding how narcissism in relationships damages victims’ self-concept, agency, and relationship expectations. Attendees will learn how to identify primary goals of treatment, and to understand potential risks and challenges in treating this population.

Live Event

This live online event will be held as a Zoom Webinar. Attendees will have the option to interact through features such as the Chat and Q&A, but cameras and microphones will not be enabled.

Live Event Instructor

Amy Marlow-MaCoy

Amy Marlow-MaCoy, MEd, LPC is the author of The Clinician’s Guide to Treating Adult Children of Narcissists: Pulling Back the Curtain on Manipulation, Gaslighting, and Emotional Abuse in Narcissistic Families (2023). She is also the author of the Amazon best-selling book The Gaslighting Recovery Workbook: Healing from Emotional Abuse (Callisto Media, 2020). Amy is an internationally known expert on gaslighting and narcissistic abuse, providing training and continuing education credits for clinicians as well as consultation and mentoring for clinicians wishing to deepen and grow their strengths in working with survivors of narcissistic abuse. Amy runs a private practice treating complex and developmental trauma in adults raised in narcissistic, emotionally immature, and toxic families of origin. Amy has advanced training in multiple trauma treatment models, including IFS, EMDR, and brainspotting.

Target Audience

This live interactive webinar is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, MFT's and Addiction Professionals.

Learning Objectives

After taking this activity, you should be able to:

1 Explain the concept, context, and scope of narcissism as a psychological and social concept.
2 Recognize signs and symptoms of narcissism in relationships.
3 Implement accurate and appropriate treatment plan goals and therapeutic interventions for survivors of narcissistic abuse.

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Hopper, E. K., Grossman, F. K., Spinazzola, J., & Zucker, M. (2019). Treating adult survivors of childhood emotional abuse and neglect: Component-based psychotherapy. The Guilford Press

Yakely, J. (2018). Current understanding of narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder. BJPsych Advances 2018 vol 24, 305–315.

Dentale et al. (2015). Relationship between Parental Narcissism and Children’s Mental Vulnerability: Mediation Role of Rearing Style. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 2015, 15(3), 337-347

Cain, N., Pincus, A. & Ansell, E. (2008). Narcissism at the crossroads: Phenotypic description of pathological narcissism across clinical theory, social/personality psychology, and psychiatric diagnosis. Clinical Psychology Review 2008 vol 28, 638–656.

Donaldson-Pressman, S. and Pressman, R. (1994). The Narcissistic Family: Diagnosis and Treatment. Jossey-Bass.

McBride, K. (2008). Will I Ever be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers. Atria Paperback

Thomas, S. (2016). Healing from Hidden Abuse: A Journey Through the Stages of Recovery from Psychological Abuse. MAST Publishing House.

Wolynn, Mark. (2016). It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle. Penguin Books.

Disclosure to Learners

CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME's Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity – including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests).

The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity's planners, faculty, and the reviewer:

Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Faculty

There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

New York Education Department Board of Psychoanalysts

3 CE credit hours

Eligible until May 3rd, 2025

CE Learning Systems, LLC (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts #P-0031.

More Info

Event Agenda

Agenda times are listed in US Eastern Time. That is 3 hours later than US Pacific Time. The event starts at 8:00am US Pacific Time.

11:00-11:05 – Introduction
11:05-11:30 – Defining Narcissism: Clinical and Social Definitions
11:30-12:00- The Spectrum of Narcissistic Traits
12:00-12:30- Frequent Fliers in Narcissistic Abuse: Specific Behaviors, Traits, and Patterns
12:30-12:45 – Break
12:45-1:15 – Recognizing Signs and Symptoms of Narcissistic Abuse: Effects on Our Clients
1:15-1:45 – Challenges and Complications in Healing from Narcissistic Abuse
1:45-2:05 – Avoiding Risks and Common Therapist Mistakes
2:05-2:15 – Q&A

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