Unveiling The Narcissist: Gain Clarity & Set Yourself Free

DISCLAIMERS:......Page 7 DEDICATION......Page 8 PRAISE FOR JOANNA’S WORK......Page 9 FOREWORD BY BEVERLY VANOVER, MS, LPC, NCC, DCC......Page 11 FOREWORD BY LOUIE VELESKI......Page 12 FOREWORD BY JENNIFER-CRYSTAL JOHNSON......Page 13 INTRODUCTION......Page 15 NARCISSISTIC TRAITS AND PATHOLOGICAL NARCISSISM......Page 21 COMMUNICATION STYLES IN RELATIONSHIPS......Page 22 COVERT VERSUS OVERT NARCISSISTS......Page 26 THE NATURE OF DYSFUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS......Page 30 NARCISSISTS AND SECRECY......Page 32 IDENTIFYING CONTROLLING BEHAVIOUR IN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS......Page 34 THE CEREBRAL, INTELLECTUAL NARCISSIST......Page 36 SPIRITUAL NARCISSISTS AND 'SPIRITUALISING' ABUSE......Page 37 CEREBRAL NARCISSISTS AND INTIMACY......Page 38 THE SOMATIC NARCISSIST......Page 39 SO, WHAT IS NARCISSISM?......Page 40 ARE NARCISSISTS JUST SELFISH?......Page 41 WHAT IS NPD?......Page 42 WILL WE EVER DEFINE THE ENTIRETY OF NARCISSISM?......Page 44 IDENTIFYING AN ABUSER BY THE EFFECTS ON THEIR VICTIMS......Page 45 TRANSFORMING THE DEVASTATION AND BETRAYAL......Page 48 THE 15 D’S OF A NARCISSIST’S WEB OF DECEPTION......Page 49 COULD YOU BE A NARCISSIST?......Page 52 IS NARCISSISM EVERYWHERE?......Page 56 RED FLAGS OF SOMEONE ON THE NPD SPECTRUM......Page 59 RED FLAGS YOU ARE DATING A NARCISSIST......Page 61 THE IDEALISATION DEVALUATION CYCLE......Page 63 IDENTIFYING MATERNAL AND PATERNAL NARCISSISM......Page 66 IDENTIFYING CHILDHOOD NARCISSISTIC ABUSE......Page 68 WAS I REALLY A VICTIM OF NARCISSISTIC ABUSE?......Page 70 NARCISSISTIC PROGRAMMING......Page 72 MIND CONTROL AND BRAINWASHING......Page 73 DISCERNINGLY OPEN......Page 75 THE NARCISSIST’S ALLOCATED ROLES......Page 76 EFFECTS OF NARCISSIST PARENTING......Page 81 MAYBE IT’S NOT THEIR FAULT?......Page 83 NARCISSIST OR PSYCHOPATH?......Page 85 BPD AND THE 'BORDERLINE NARCISSIST'......Page 87 MEETING THE CRITERIA FOR A PERSONALITY DISORDER......Page 89 DO NARCISSISTS INTENTIONALLY HURT OTHERS?......Page 92 HOW WE BECOME LOVE ADDICTS......Page 95 EMPATHY DEFICIENCY......Page 96 GETTING HELP......Page 97 WHY ITS ALWAYS YOUR FAULT......Page 101 REACHING MY OWN CONCLUSIONS......Page 103 COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE NARCISSIST......Page 107 DISCERNMENT: OUR MOST CHALLENGING LESSON......Page 109 UNPLEASANT ENDINGS WITH A NARCISSIST......Page 112 CAN WE REACH A HIGHER UNDERSTANDING OF NARCISSISM?......Page 116 SELF HEALING......Page 117 IS PATHOLOGICAL NARCISSISM A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE?......Page 119 CREATING NEW NEUROPATHWAYS AND HABITS OF THINKING......Page 120 HOW TO “GET OVER IT”......Page 122 DID THE NARCISSIST REALLY LOVE US?......Page 124 TAKE YOUR HEALTH INTO YOUR OWN HANDS......Page 126 ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 132 THANK YOU!......Page 133