Dr. Liane Leedom at a Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy conference.

Recovery from a damaging involvement with a sociopath is possible. Dr. Liane Leedom, a psychiatrist and professor at the University of Bridgeport, says skills of Dialetical Behavior Therapy (DBT), such as mindfulness, can help. Your goal is to lower your level of arousal due to stress, and she offers strategies that you can use right away.

Resources

See Dr. Liane Leedom’s work on Researchgate 

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Paired Muscle Relaxation on Youtube

Paced breathing exercise on Youtube

Dr. Marsha Linehan: Why learn DBT skills?

Radical Acceptance, by Tara Brach, Ph.D.