Narcissism - The Essentials
How to help Narcissists and Support their Victims - A Brief Practical Introduction with Professor Patrick McGhee
Wed 9 Oct 2024 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM BST
What is this webinar about?
This introductory workshop assumes no prior knowledge of this complex and challenging condition, and will provide an overview of the key issues and principles in understanding, supporting and treating this multifaceted condition.
Individuals with 'Narcissistic Personality Disorder' (NPD) are often though to be characterised by an inflated sense of their own importance, a severe need for excessive attention, praise and admiration, and a lack of empathy for others. However, the reality is often more complex with contemporary models acknowledging vulnerability and fragility. Equally, living with, or being an adult child of a narcissistic parent, can also be key features of some clients' distress. And what of the related phenomenon of the Echo Personality Disorder - what counselling interventions are possible in those cases?
This interactive, skills-focused workshop will examine contemporary thinking and practice in relation to the treatment of Narcissism - and its consequences.
Key Topics
- What are the core characteristics of Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
- What are the main approaches to treatment?
- Working with those impacted by Narcissism
- Echo personality disorder (Malkin)
- Narcisstistic Rage
- Narcissistic Hoovering
- Helping adult children of the Narcissistic parent (Määttä & Uusiautti)
- Summary and next steps
What previous delegates have said about this workshop?
- I am an Integrative Children & Young People's therapist and I have worked closely with a Narcissistic client his course was very informative and I would recommend.
- As a trainee therapist the session material was accesible and easy to follow. The session was very interesting and engaging, and taught me a lot about this personality, how to look at working with and the impact on others. Thankyou.
- Really enjoyed the workshop on narcissism. I work in healthcare with people who have a personality disorder and I didn’t previously know much about narcissism in particular. Found it helpful for my work. Echoism as a concept is also fascinating.
- Resonated with me both personally and professionally. Valuable insight into dealing with complex clients.
- Really, really useful - I am currently working with a number of clients who are the grown-up children of narcissistic parents, and the information I've learned today will be invaluable
- Great to recognise aspects of myself and my clients and options for dealing with them
- I found this course useful in helping me process my own experience with a narcissistic father
- As a therapist having an understanding of NPD is important and this workshop provides that very well.
Who is leading this webinar?
Professor Patrick McGhee is a CBT therapist, psychologist and UK National Teaching Fellow. Educated at the universities of Glasgow and Oxford, he has completed CPD programmes at Harvard Business School and Ashridge. In 2017 he was a Visiting Fellow/Scholar at the universities of Cornell, Yale and MIT in the USA. He has taught, researched or practised in psychology and therapy for 30 years. His first post was a Research Fellow in Psychiatry and Psychology at St George's Hospital Medical School, University of London. He is the author of Thinking Psychologically (Palgrave) and co-editor of Accounting for Relationships (Methuen). He is an occasional columnist for the Guardian, the BBC and the Times Higher. He currently works in private practice in Greater Manchester. He has full accreditation from the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies.
Resources
A full set of slides, with extensive clickable links to free online resources, is sent free to all delegates after the event. This also includes references to key sources and further reading. Additionally, an anonymous summary of participant contributions is provided free of charge.
CPD
A CPD Certificate of Attendance confirming 1 hour CPD is available free to all delegates who attend.
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