Events

Therapist and Mental Health Worker Training Workshop

Brian Bustard, M.D., CGPPA and Susan Craig, M.A., COACCPP

April 4^th and 11^th, 2014, 9:00 until Noon, Belleville Public Library, 3^rd Floor, 254 Pinnacle St., Belleville

 

Narcissism Bites

Understanding and Treating Narcissism and Co-narcissism

 

Narcissists are people who have an inflated sense of their own importance and a deep need for admiration. However behind this mask of impressive confidence lies a fragile self esteem that is very vulnerable to criticism. In the extreme are those with Narcissistic Personality Disorder which leads them to behave in socially distressing ways causing stress and anguish in those with whom they have relationships.

 

Many of the clients we see in therapy have at least one narcissistic parent and have been damaged by them. As a result many of our clients have themselves entered into a relationship with a narcissist and through their own feelings and responses enable the narcissist to continue their controlling and often abusive behaviour.  Helping the client recognize this phenomenon and their own behaviours, while giving the client tools to escape the relationship, helps the client address their own co-narcissistic tendencies and move on to healthier relationships.

 

In this workshop you will learn:

 

• That in order to survive we are all a little narcissistic, but that pathological narcissism is very damaging
• Why understanding narcissism and co-narcissism is essential for therapists
• How to recognize when a client is a narcissist, co-narcissist or is in a narcissistic relationship
• Whether it is possible to treat narcissists and how this can best be approached
• How you treat victims of narcissists and help them develop new support systems

 

The two-part program includes lecture, case synopses, participatory experiments, short demonstrations of specific interventions, and ample opportunity for your questions. Workshop materials include current articles, a checklist of characteristics of the narcissistic personality, and additional resources.  The first session will be more discussion and lecture and the second session will be more consultative and participatory.  Join us for the first session or both.

 

Brian Bustard, M.D, CGPPA, is a physician psychotherapist certified by the General Practice Psychotherapy Association. His practice is in Toronto.

Susan Craig, M.A., COACCPP, is a Gestalt Therapist who practices with the Quinte Assessment and Treatment Group in Belleville, Ontario.

 

Susan and Brian are a married couple who share their interest in therapy and the inner safari. Both are practicing meditators and have studied Gestalt and many other therapies over their long careers. Their article Hit The Road, Jack, or How To leave Your Narcissistic Partner was recently published in Psychologica, Vol 35, Number 2, 2013

 

“We have different approaches to therapy – Brian’s is more cognitive and mine is more experiential. We frequently consult with each other on useful approaches. We have a particular interest in narcissism and co-narcissism since so many of our clients have been injured by narcissists“.

Therapist and Mental Health Worker Training Workshop

Brian Bustard, M.D, CGPPA and Susan Craig, M.A., COACCPP

April 4^th and 11^th, 2014, 9:00 until Noon, Belleville Public Library, 3^rd Floor, 254 Pinnacle St., Belleville

 

Narcissism Bites

Understanding and Treating Narcissism and Co-narcissism

Registration Form

Registration Fee $95 per person per session. $250 per session for three people

Register with: Quinte Assessment and Treatment Group Inc. 208 John St., Belleville, ON, K8N 3G1.

For more information contact Reception at 613-966-4262 or reception@qxplore.com