Lovefraud is pleased to announce a new webinar series called, “Skills training for recovery from narcissistic abuse, gaslighting and toxic stress,” presented by Liane Leedom, M.D.
Recovery from the abuse and trauma inflicted by a narcissist, antisocial or psychopath is certainly possible, but it requires effort. In this 13-session program, Dr. Leedom helps you develop the skills to clear your head, deal with stress, gain control of your emotions and create healthy relationships.
Please join Dr. Leedom and me for a FREE introductory session:
Wednesday, Sept. 11, 7-8 pm ET.
Highlights
- Yes, recovery from narcissistic abuse is possible
- How you’ve been gaslighted and indoctrinated into the abuser’s personal cult
- Mindfulness skills help you see through the delusion and restore your sanity
- Understanding hyperarousal and hypoarousal
- Skills you can use now to regulate your emotions
About Dr. Liane Leedom
Dr. Leedom is a psychiatrist and a professor of counseling and psychology at the University of Bridgeport. We’ve been friends and colleagues for almost 20 years. She, like me, was targeted by a psychopath. She reached out to me about a year after I launched Lovefraud.com in 2005.
She’d been blindsided by the experience. Even as a psychiatrist, she did not understand the true nature of psychopathy and other exploitative personality disorders. In fact, one of the things she told me early on was, “My training was deficient.”
Well, she certainly understands the disorders now — not only through her own experience and treating survivors, but through extensive research. (If you want to read her published papers, visit Dr. Leedom’s ResearchGate profile.)
Awareness of antisocial, narcissistic and psychopathic personality disorders has grown over the years. To Dr. Leedom’s frustration, this did not lead to treatment protocols for survivors. So she set out to adapt a proven form of therapy to help people who have endured narcissistic abuse.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
Dr. Leedom’s approach uses the skills training aspect of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), which is one of the most effective treatments available for mood problems, anxiety and issues related to trauma.
Many DBT skills are related to the practice of mindfulness. As Dr. Leedom explains, mindfulness mean paying attention to everything that is happening in the present moment around and within you, on purpose and without judgment. The goal is to accurately perceive reality so you can make choices based on your own best interests.
4 webinar modules — 24 hours of instruction
After the introduction, the program continues with four webinars:
- Mindfulness to clear your head of sociopathic gaslighting
- Recovery from the bodily effects of toxic stress
- Strategies for reducing emotional distress and vulnerability
- Evidence-based tools for respectful and fulfilling relationships
This complete program teaches you exactly how to go through the process of healing. After all, emotional recovery doesn’t just happen, it requires a conscious effort on your part — and practice. Dr. Leedom offers you the tools to recover from the victimization by the antisocial, narcissist or psychopath, so you can build a life worth living.
Join us for the FREE Introductory webinar. Click the link below to register.
