Our resident psychologist, Dr. Tanya Holthus, is back to talk to us about how to not raise a narcissist. First, she builds the framework of how a narcissist is made. She unpacks the nine criteria for narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) in the DSM-5-TR. Dr. Holthus describes what must be present and prevalent in order to make an NPD diagnosis and from her clinical practice and experience, what she's seen in terms of how NPD starts.

This episode reveals not only characteristics of narcissism, but helping children to develop healthy emotions and how to cultivate this in children. (And some tips on what not to do!)

She shares practical tips and resources that can help support parents, partners and people impacted by narcissists. These include Big Little Feelings, Dr. Becky Kennedy's book, Good Inside, encouraging different types of therapy, and some information that you might find helpful on Dr. Terrence Real's website.

More about Dr. Tanya Holthus:

Tanya is a licensed psychologist and is here for you. She sees most everyone for most everything. She enjoys working with a wide variety of clients and offers multiple services including therapy, coaching, and supervision. She meets you wherever you are at and applies what will fit for you in the moment. She specializes in healing trauma and helping people with many types of issues, including post-traumatic stress, attachment/connection, emotional/relational abuse, anxiety, depression, and relationship issues. She is most passionate about helping people overcome relationships involving narcissistic abuse and strengthening parent-child relationships. She also has a special place in her heart for people suffering with fertility issues. She views things through a trauma lens and tends to weave this into all of her work. She provides psychoeducation, teaches how to navigate healthy boundaries, guides healing, and will help you gain clarity to bring peace in your life. She uses an integrative approach of many modalities to fit the unique needs of each person. Some of these modalities include parental coaching, Filial Play Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Adaptive Internal Relations (AIR) Network.

People who have worked with her have described her as warm, compassionate, easy to talk to, empathetic, and reliable. She loves her work as a psychologist. She will go to bat for you and will work hard for you. She has been doing this a long time and is confident that she can help with any presenting concern you may have.

Tanya's website: http://www.holthuscounselingllc.com/

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