On this week’s episode we have clinical psychologist, Dr. Stephanie Carinia. Dr. Stephanie specializes in personality disorders, trauma, and addiction and uses her Instagram platform to educate, support, and inspire people to better understand and empower themselves. On this episode, Dr. Stephanie and Brianna unpack relationships with narcissistic and gaslighting parents and how to heal from those relationships. They discuss:

• What is narcissism? Who is a narcissist?
• How and why narcissistic behaviors develop
• Signs of narcissistic abuse in parent/ child relationships
• What is gaslighting?
• How and why people gaslight
• Signs of gaslighting in parent/ child relationships
• How these relationships affect perceptions of yourself and your adult life
• How to heal from narcissistic and gaslighting parents

As a human being & clinical psychologist Dr. Stephanie has gained experience which she wanted to share not only with her clients but with everyone out there. Things she also would have wanted to know if she hadn't been a psychologist herself. She believes this thing called Life can at times be very hard. But with each others help, we can at least make some sense of it all and support each other on our journeys.

She holds a BSc, MSc. and a post- graduate degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of Amsterdam, the equivalent of a PsyD. She is a so called registered 'gezondheidszorgpsycholoog' (clinical psychologist) in the Netherlands. She is also a registered CBT, EMDR & MBT therapist, trained in Schema focused therapy and working psychodynamically.

Dr. Stephanie specialized in personality disorders, trauma and addiction. Deconstructing why we behave the way we do and helping you to understand yourself so you can reconnect to your intuition, is what makes her clock tick. That’s why she studied psychology in the first place: Why do we behave the way we behave.

Connect with Dr. Stephanie!

• Instagram: @psychologiststephanie
• Website: https://www.psychologiststephanie.com/ 

Connect with Brianna!

• Instagram: @mombossinaustin
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/briannademike

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