About this course
FREE introduction to skills training for recovery from narcissistic abuse, gaslighting and toxic stress, presented by Dr. Liane Leedom
When you’ve been involved with a sociopath (psychopath, narcissist), your mind has been twisted by his or her gaslighting. In a way, you’ve been indoctrinated into the cult led by your individual abuser. This is why it is so difficult, mentally and emotionally, to break free.
But freedom is possible. You can overcome the psychological abuse and restore your emotional equilibrium. Dr. Liane Leedom, a psychiatrist who was herself targeted by a psychopath, facilitates your journey to recovery.
In this introductory webinar, you’ll learn how people become sociopaths, why they’ll never change, and how you can fall in love with them. Or, if the person is a family member, colleague or friend, how you can become trauma bonded.
You’ll also learn about the “window of tolerance.” This is the optimal range of emotional arousal for functioning in everyday life. The abuser continuously pushes you outside of your window of tolerance, making you feel either worked up or checked out. That’s why you can’t think clearly, make good decisions or stand up for yourself.
Dr. Leedom explains how you got here. Then she shows you how you can recover your mental and emotional stability. The goal is to take the first step toward building a life worth living, despite your experience with the sociopath. In fact, Dr. Leedom wants to help you achieve post-traumatic growth.
Highlights
- Yes, recovery from narcissistic abuse is possible
- Why sociopaths can’t love and crave power
- How you fell in love with the sociopath
- Overview of four dialectical behavioral therapy skill sets
- Dialectics: Opposite truths that stand together
About the instructor Dr. Liane Leedom
Liane J. Leedom, M.D., is a psychiatrist and a professor of counseling and psychology at the University of Bridgeport. She is author of Just Like His Father? A Guide to Overcoming Your Child’s Genetic Connection to Antisocial Behavior, Addiction and ADHD, and Women Who Love Psychopaths: Investigating the Relationships of Inevitable Harm. She is also author of multiple peer-reviewed studies, including Counseling Intimate Partner Abuse Survivors: Effective and Ineffective Interventions; The Dominance Behavioral System and Psychopathology: Evidence from Self-Report, Observational and Biological Studies; The Problem of Parental Psychopathy; and Did He Ever Love Me? A Qualitative Study of Life with a Psychopathic Husband.
Read Dr. Leedom’s studies at ResearchGate.
In addition to her university research and teaching, Dr. Leedom is currently in private practice as a psychiatrist. She trained in medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, and at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. She previously served on the medical staff of several Connecticut facilities, including St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services, the Hospital of St. Raphael and the Center for Optimum Care.
Cost and credits
This is the free one-hour introduction of Skills training for recovery from abuse, gaslighting and toxic stress, presented by Dr. Liane Leedom. To see the free webinar, register below.
Dr. Leedom’s full program has four more parts, comprising 18 hours of instruction, which will get you well on the road to recovery. Sign up for the complete program on the following page. (You can also take individual modules — just click any “more info” link.)
Although this course does not award continuing education credits, you will be able to download a certificate of achievement upon completion.
Learning objectives
After completing the introductory program, you should be able to:
- Describe psychopathic personality traits
- Explain why you can’t just get over the relationship
- Explain the window of tolerance
- Describe two basic survival principles
- Use the STOP skill to stay in control of your emotions
Program agenda for Your first step in your recovery from narcissistic abuse
1 hour class
- Yes, healing and recovery from narcissistic abuse is possible
- What makes someone a sociopath
- Two clusters of psychopathic personality traits
- Is the inability to love really absolute?
- What causes preoccupation with power?
- How did I love a sociopath?
- Why can’t I just get over the relationship?
- How trauma can affect your window of tolerance
- Understanding hyperarousal and hypoarousal
- Understanding the wise mind
- Survival principle #1: Don’t make the situation worse
- Survival principle #2: Take small steps toward healing every day
- What behaving skillfully will enable you to do
- What does it mean to behave skillfully?
- Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) includes four sets of skills
- Skills training assumptions
- Dialectics: Opposite truths that stand together
- Stay in control of your emotions with the STOP skill
Here’s a preview of the course:
Emotional recovery after the sociopath (psychopath, narcissist) doesn’t just happen; it requires conscious effort on your part. Dr. Liane Leedom teaches you how the skills of mindfulness enable you to achieve peace and emotional stability.
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Very helpful to my healing journey. Informative and well spoken.
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Thanks to everyone who attended Wednesday night or watched the recording. I’m looking forward to presenting the rest of the recovery skills program. You can sign up just for the next 4 weeks or the entire course it is up to you.