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THE TIES THAT BIND:
UNDERSTANDING THE NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY
ARE YOU A CLIENT SEEKING INFORMATION?
Part 1 focuses on understanding Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), and identifying the various types of presentations as well as give a brief overview of treatment options and prognosis. We will explore both observable symptoms as well as internal motivations and experiences for someone with NPD. The purpose of this overview of NPD is to both help therapists better identify NPD in their clients, but also to be able to identify if their client is experiencing a relationship with someone who has NPD. It is essential for victims of Narcissistic Abuse to understand NPD themselves, as they learn to navigate their healing journey with or without the Narcissist still in their lives.
Marielle Babb, MS, LPC
Marielle is a practicing therapist in the Lafayette area with over 12 years experience. She specializes in treating various presentations of anxiety, phobias, perfectionism, panic, OCD, as well as PTSD and CPTSD. She utilizes evidence based behavioral approaches such as CBT, ACT and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), as well as a variety of trauma reprocessing therapies including EMDR, Image Transformation Therapy (IMTT), and Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR). She incorporates Structural Dissociation Theory and parts work in the EMDR process to address symptoms of dissociation stemming from CPTSD. She is especially passionate about helping clients establish healthy boundaries in their lives through CBT techniques and incorporating attachment based approaches when addressing relationship concerns.
Brynne Angelle, LCSW, PMH-C
Brynne is a practicing therapist in the Lafayette, LA area with over 10 years of experience. She specializes in treating life threatening and quality of life interfering behaviors predominately with teens and young adults who meet criteria and features of personality disorders specifically Borderline Personality Disorder which co-occur with depression, anxiety, social phobias, attention and impulsive concerns, and trauma typically complex trauma (diagnoses typically include MDD, GAD, OCD, PTSD, CPTSD, ADHD). Additionally she is a Certified Perinatal Mental Health Therapist who supports parents during and after pregnancy. She predominantly provides a skills based approach by infusing Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Radically Open Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. She is also trained in Deep Brain Reorienting for the treatment of trauma and shock.
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