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The Holy Grail, Unicorns, Bigfoot, Narcissists who validate our feelings, and other mythical inventions that do not exist.

The Therapy is Dandy Guide to Having a Parent for a Narcissist. Chapter 24. Well, well. Look what’s back. “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!” The thing about writing about narcissists that I have … Continue reading

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The Entitlement Gambit

The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 21 (now legal in 50 states and Puerto Rico). An ongoing survival guide. Entitlement—what is it? Well, for me, entitlement should be the new 4-letter word not … Continue reading

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The Wound

The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 20. An ongoing survival guide. In Chapter 19, I brought up the idea of the repair. I feel it needs more discussion. So, here it comes. I’m … Continue reading

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Help, a narcissist is crashing my wedding! Or party or whatever.

The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 18. An ongoing survival guide. This one is a special delivery: for all the approaching weddings, summer barbecues, graduations, coming of age rituals, or whatever that the … Continue reading

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Last Train to Codependencyville-Narcissististan

The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 17. An ongoing survival guide. Do you go out of the way to try to meet other people’s needs, often to the detriment of your own? Do … Continue reading

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Narcissism isn’t the same thing as Syphilis

The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 16. An ongoing survival guide. Narcissism isn’t the same thing as Syphilis. Just because you are exposed to it doesn’t mean you have it. This concern is … Continue reading

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The Shame Sandwich

The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 15. An ongoing survival guide. No, this is not going to be a review of the movie Shame, starring Michael Fassbender.  But if, for whatever reason, you … Continue reading

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Narcissist Family Values.

The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 14. An ongoing survival guide. Narcissist Family Values. The way people arrive (or don’t) at their own value as a human being is complex and complicated (and, … Continue reading

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The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 12.

An ongoing survival guide. Chapter 12. The Reading List. I have threatened in the past to include a relevant reading list for this guidebook. This will be the first installment. Also, if anyone on the web has a suggestion not … Continue reading

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The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 11.

An ongoing survival guide. Chapter 11. Maybe not a Narcissist in name, but surely one in (mis)deed. Recently, I was asked by a client for a definitive judgment on whether their parent was or was not a narcissist. As a … Continue reading

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