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Narcissism & Addiction
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Sadly, personality is often overlooked when working with clients living with addiction, and personality assessments often do not inform treatment planning.
Narcissism and other antagonistic personality styles can turn addiction therapy into a complex puzzle. And understanding these personality dynamics is the key to preventing relapse and achieving lasting change.
Join Ramani Durvasula, PhD, New York Times best-selling author of It’s Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People for an exploration of narcissism and its impact on addiction treatment. Dr. Durvasula offers a comprehensive overview of narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), including DSM formulations and relationship dynamics, guiding you through:
- How narcissistic traits complicate assessment, treatment, and long-term management of substance use disorders
- The parallels between narcissism and addiction, and gain insights into effective engagement strategies for this challenging population
- The intersection of narcissism, trauma, and substance use disorders, and explore practical tips for maximizing clinician efficacy as well as for families, spouses, partners, and friends
Don't let narcissism derail your addiction treatment efforts. Register now to gain valuable strategies for working with this complex population and achieving better outcomes for your clients.
Ramani Durvasula, PhD, LCP
Ramani Durvasula, PhD is a psychologist in California, the founder and CEO of LUNA Education, Training and Consulting, and professor emerita of psychology at California State University Los Angeles. She is The New York Times bestselling author of It’s Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People. She is also the author of multiple other books including ”Don’t You Know Who I Am”: How to Stay Sane in the Era of Narcissism, Entitlement and Incivility and Should I Stay or Should I Go: Surviving a Relationship with a Narcissist. She has lectured and trained therapists around the world on best practices on working with clients experiencing narcissistic abuse and has developed a 36 hour virtual training and certification program in conjunction with PESI to train clinicians on how to use an antagonism-informed approach with clients experiencing narcissistic relationships.
Dr. Durvasula hosts a popular YouTube channel with over 2 million subscribers, maintains a program offering support and education to thousands of survivors, and is a featured expert on the digital media platform MedCircle. She also maintains an engaged online network called the Dr. Ramani Network. She has also been widely involved in the governance of the American Psychological Association, including the APA Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology and the APA Minority Fellowship Program. Dr. Durvasula received her MA and PhD degrees in clinical psychology from UCLA and completed her internship and post-doctoral training at the UCLA Department of Psychiatry. She completed her Bachelor of Science degree in psychology, with a minor in sociology in 1988 at the University of Connecticut. She resides in Los Angeles, CA.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Ramani Durvasula is the founder and CEO of LUNA Education, Training, and Consulting and has an employment relationship with the University of Johannesburg. Ramani Durvasula receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Ramani Durvasula is an associate editor for Behavioral Medicine. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science Society for Behavioral Medicine, and the International Association of Applied Psychology.
