Understanding and Loving a Person with Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Biblical and Practical Wisdom to Build Empathy, Preserve Boundaries, and Show Compassion
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If you live or work with someone who has narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), you probably often feel put down. You feel ashamed of your own needs. Your relationship may feel so out of control that you wonder if you’ve lost your sanity.
As a clinical psychotherapist for nearly thirty years, Patricia Kuhlman has worked with many people who have been victimized by another’s NPD. She joins Stephen Arterburn to explore:
As a clinical psychotherapist for nearly thirty years, Patricia Kuhlman has worked with many people who have been victimized by another’s NPD. She joins Stephen Arterburn to explore:
- Practical tools to break the cycle of pain and find healing
- What narcissism is and how people become narcissists
- The most current research about NPD
- How to define, express, and establish personal boundaries
- A how-to, self-care program including sample responses to narcissistic behaviors
Most importantly, Kuhlman offers validation, understanding, and encouragement. Being in relationship with a narcissist can be lonely and confusing. Find stability and truth in this practical guide.
Introduction by Stephen Arterburn ix
Preface xiii
1. It All Began with an Apple 1
2. Nothing Is Wasted, Especially Your Suffering 25
3. A Darkened Mind 44
4. Treatment Interventions for NPD 71
5. Boundary Setting Skills with the Narcissist 92
6. Practical Helps That Can’t Hurt 108
7. What to Do When What You’ve Tried Isn’t Working 126
8. Surrender—Not My Will, Lord, but Yours Be Done 140
Appendix 147
Notes 155
About New Life Ministries 164
About Stephen Arterburn 165
About Patricia A. Kuhlman 167
Preface xiii
1. It All Began with an Apple 1
2. Nothing Is Wasted, Especially Your Suffering 25
3. A Darkened Mind 44
4. Treatment Interventions for NPD 71
5. Boundary Setting Skills with the Narcissist 92
6. Practical Helps That Can’t Hurt 108
7. What to Do When What You’ve Tried Isn’t Working 126
8. Surrender—Not My Will, Lord, but Yours Be Done 140
Appendix 147
Notes 155
About New Life Ministries 164
About Stephen Arterburn 165
About Patricia A. Kuhlman 167
Product Details
- Title : Understanding and Loving a Person with Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Biblical and Practical Wisdom to Build Empathy, Preserve Boundaries, and Show Compassion
- Authors:
- Arterburn, Stephen
- Kuhlman, Patricia A
- Publisher: David C Cook
- Publication Date: 2018
- ISBN: 9780830772728
Patricia A. Kuhlman has counseled individuals and couples for nearly thirty years. Over the past fourteen years, Kuhlman has traveled nationally with Stephen Arterburn and New Life Ministries and is a part of New Life Ministries’ National Counselor Network. Kuhlman has two grown daughters and lives in Dayton, Ohio.
Stephen Arterburn is the founder and chairman of New Life Ministries and host of the nationally syndicated Christian counseling talk show New Life Live! heard by over two million people each week on nearly two hundred radio stations nationwide. He is the bestselling author of books such as Every Man’s Battle and Healing Is a Choice. With over eight million books in print, Arterburn has been writing about God’s transformational truth since 1984. His ministry focuses on identifying and compassionately responding to the needs of those seeking healing and restoration through God’s truth.
Stephen Arterburn is the founder and chairman of New Life Ministries and host of the nationally syndicated Christian counseling talk show New Life Live! heard by over two million people each week on nearly two hundred radio stations nationwide. He is the bestselling author of books such as Every Man’s Battle and Healing Is a Choice. With over eight million books in print, Arterburn has been writing about God’s transformational truth since 1984. His ministry focuses on identifying and compassionately responding to the needs of those seeking healing and restoration through God’s truth.