45 episodes

Life with a narcissist is challenging, and Dr. Les Carter is here to assist. Whether you are feeling frustrated due to a narcissist's inability to blend well or you are feeling constantly invalidated by their need for control and their lack of empathy, Dr. C is your resource.  He is committed to helping people become part of Team Healthy, which focuses on DRC: dignity, respect, and civility.  In each of our episodes we will contrast the narcissistic patterns of life to the ways of Team Healthy.

Surviving Narcissism with Dr. Les Carter Dr. Les Carter

    • Health & Fitness
    • 4.7 • 13 Ratings

Life with a narcissist is challenging, and Dr. Les Carter is here to assist. Whether you are feeling frustrated due to a narcissist's inability to blend well or you are feeling constantly invalidated by their need for control and their lack of empathy, Dr. C is your resource.  He is committed to helping people become part of Team Healthy, which focuses on DRC: dignity, respect, and civility.  In each of our episodes we will contrast the narcissistic patterns of life to the ways of Team Healthy.

    Believing Me: Healing From Narcissistic Abuse, featuring Dr. Ingrid Clayton

    Believing Me: Healing From Narcissistic Abuse, featuring Dr. Ingrid Clayton

    Go to https://betterhelp.com/survivingnarcissismpodcast for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help #sponsored

    Dr. Ingrid Clayton joins Dr. C in discussing her own history of trauma and abuse and how it has impacted her.  She is a talented therapist who specializes in trauma recovery and is willing to draw upon her experiences as she remains in the role of a fellow sojourner with the clientele she assists.

    Sign up for Dr. Carter’s NEW course: Ready, Set, Connect https://courses.survivingnarcissism.tv/courses/ready-set-connect Get 30% off when you use the coupon code: SNCommunity30

    Dr. Les Carter is a best selling author and therapist who has semi-retired to Waco, TX. In the past 40+ years he has conducted more than 65,000 counseling sessions and many workshops and seminars.  He specializes in anger management and narcissistic personality disorder.

    Join the Team Healthy community HERE: https://survivingnarcissism.tv/subscribe/

    Check out videos, articles, quizzes, and more at our website:  https://survivingnarcissism.tv

    You can follow Surviving Narcissism on:

    Twitter:  @SNarcissism101

    Instagram:  @survivingnarcissism101

    Facebook: @survivingnarcissism101

    Dr. Carter has two other courses that you may find to be useful:


    Free to Be: Reclaim & rediscover your uniqueness https://survivingnarcissism.tv/free-to-be-course/
    This Is Me: Setting boundaries with the controllers in your life   https://survivingnarcissism.tv/this-is-me

    Dr. Carter's personal website: http://drlescarter.com/

    Dr. Carter's other YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/drlescarter

    Bookstore: https://survivingnarcissism.tv/books-on-narcissism-surviving-narcissism/

    • 37 min
    Why Narcissists Cannot Grow

    Why Narcissists Cannot Grow

    If you are a healthy person, you know you are a work in progress.  You seek input.  You contemplate insights.  You embrace accountability.  Dr. Les Carter reminds you that such an approach is anathema to narcissists who instead will thwart others' efforts to discuss improvements.  As a result, they persist in all sorts of maladaptive behaviors.

    Thank you to Aura for sponsoring this episode. Secure your online presence and get 40% off of all plans using my link: https://aura.com/DrCarter

    Sign up for Dr. Carter’s NEW course: Ready, Set, Connect https://courses.survivingnarcissism.tv/courses/ready-set-connect Get 30% off when you use the coupon code: SNCommunity30

    Dr. Les Carter is a best selling author and therapist who has semi-retired to Waco, TX. In the past 40+ years he has conducted more than 65,000 counseling sessions and many workshops and seminars.  He specializes in anger management and narcissistic personality disorder.

    Join the Team Healthy community HERE: https://survivingnarcissism.tv/subscribe/

    Check out videos, articles, quizzes, and more at our website:  https://survivingnarcissism.tv

    You can follow Surviving Narcissism on:

    Twitter:  @SNarcissism101

    Instagram:  @survivingnarcissism101

    Facebook: @survivingnarcissism101

    Dr. Carter has two other courses that you may find to be useful:


    Free to Be: Reclaim & rediscover your uniqueness https://survivingnarcissism.tv/free-to-be-course/
    This Is Me: Setting boundaries with the controllers in your life   https://survivingnarcissism.tv/this-is-me

    Dr. Carter's personal website: http://drlescarter.com/

    Dr. Carter's other YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/drlescarter

    Bookstore: https://survivingnarcissism.tv/books-on-narcissism-surviving-narcissism/

    Go to https://betterhelp.com/survivingnarcissismpodcast for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help #sponsored

    • 31 min
    How Narcissists Try To Rob You Of You

    How Narcissists Try To Rob You Of You

    Illogical as it may be, narcissists approach their closest relationships with the goal of emptying you of yourself, filling you instead with themselves.  Dr. Les Carter outlines the many tactics they use, and explains their profoundly insecure reasoning.  Your task is to become aware of their aims, then leaning into your uniqueness as fully as possible.

    Go to https://betterhelp.com/survivingnarcissismpodcast for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help #sponsored

    Sign up for Dr. Carter’s NEW course: Ready, Set, Connect https://courses.survivingnarcissism.tv/courses/ready-set-connect Get 30% off when you use the coupon code: SNCommunity30

    Dr. Les Carter is a best selling author and therapist who has semi-retired to Waco, TX. In the past 40+ years he has conducted more than 65,000 counseling sessions and many workshops and seminars.  He specializes in anger management and narcissistic personality disorder.

    Join the Team Healthy community HERE: https://survivingnarcissism.tv/subscribe/

    Check out videos, articles, quizzes, and more at our website:  https://survivingnarcissism.tv

    You can follow Surviving Narcissism on:

    Twitter:  @SNarcissism101

    Instagram:  @survivingnarcissism101

    Facebook: @survivingnarcissism101

    Dr. Carter has two other courses that you may find to be useful:


    Free to Be: Reclaim & rediscover your uniqueness https://survivingnarcissism.tv/free-to-be-course/
    This Is Me: Setting boundaries with the controllers in your life   https://survivingnarcissism.tv/this-is-me

    Dr. Carter's personal website: http://drlescarter.com/

    Dr. Carter's other YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/drlescarter

    Bookstore: https://survivingnarcissism.tv/books-on-narcissism-surviving-narcissism/

    • 31 min
    Fierce Love As An Alternative To Narcissism, Featuring Dr. Jacqui Lewis

    Fierce Love As An Alternative To Narcissism, Featuring Dr. Jacqui Lewis

    Dr. Jacqui Lewis is a highly respected author and speaker who recently published the book, Fierce Love.  She and Dr. C discuss how she learned to move away from toxic relationships by becoming devoted to the practice of love…beginning with oneself, then toward others, and then in the public arena.

    Thank you to Aura for sponsoring this episode. Secure your online presence and get 40% off of all plans using my link: https://aura.com/DrCarter

    Sign up for Dr. Carter’s NEW course: Ready, Set, Connect https://courses.survivingnarcissism.tv/courses/ready-set-connect Get 30% off when you use the coupon code: SNCommunity30

    Dr. Les Carter is a best selling author and therapist who has semi-retired to Waco, TX. In the past 40+ years he has conducted more than 65,000 counseling sessions and many workshops and seminars.  He specializes in anger management and narcissistic personality disorder.

    Join the Team Healthy community HERE: https://survivingnarcissism.tv/subscribe/

    Check out videos, articles, quizzes, and more at our website:  https://survivingnarcissism.tv

    You can follow Surviving Narcissism on:

    Twitter:  @SNarcissism101

    Instagram:  @survivingnarcissism101

    Facebook: @survivingnarcissism101

    Dr. Carter has two other courses that you may find to be useful:


    Free to Be: Reclaim & rediscover your uniqueness https://survivingnarcissism.tv/free-to-be-course/
    This Is Me: Setting boundaries with the controllers in your life   https://survivingnarcissism.tv/this-is-me

    Dr. Carter's personal website: http://drlescarter.com/

    Dr. Carter's other YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/drlescarter

    Bookstore: https://survivingnarcissism.tv/books-on-narcissism-surviving-narcissism/

    If you are interested in online therapy, Dr. Carter has a sponsor who can assist.  As the need is there, please seek the help you deserve: https://betterhelp.com/survivingnarcissismpodcast We receive commissions on referrals to BetterHelp. We only recommend services that we trust.

    • 38 min
    Why Do Narcissists Need You As A Foil?

    Why Do Narcissists Need You As A Foil?

    In the best case scenario, as you build relationships, you will be honest about your strengths and your weaknesses.  Narcissists, however, are schemers attempting to establish superiority, and are not interested in honest relationships.  In fact, their posturing is done for the purpose of setting themselves up as the gold standard, with you being the less-than-adequate one.  That way, when the relationship eventually crumbles, you become the foil.

    Go to https://betterhelp.com/survivingnarcissismpodcast for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help #sponsored

    Sign up for Dr. Carter’s NEW course: Ready, Set, Connect https://courses.survivingnarcissism.tv/courses/ready-set-connect Get 30% off when you use the coupon code: SNCommunity30

    Dr. Les Carter is a best selling author and therapist who has semi-retired to Waco, TX. In the past 40+ years he has conducted more than 65,000 counseling sessions and many workshops and seminars.  He specializes in anger management and narcissistic personality disorder.

    Join the Team Healthy community HERE: https://survivingnarcissism.tv/subscribe/

    Check out videos, articles, quizzes, and more at our website:  https://survivingnarcissism.tv

    You can follow Surviving Narcissism on:

    Twitter:  @SNarcissism101

    Instagram:  @survivingnarcissism101

    Facebook: @survivingnarcissism101

    Dr. Carter has two other courses that you may find to be useful:


    Free to Be: Reclaim & rediscover your uniqueness https://survivingnarcissism.tv/free-to-be-course/
    This Is Me: Setting boundaries with the controllers in your life   https://survivingnarcissism.tv/this-is-me

    Dr. Carter's personal website: http://drlescarter.com/

    Dr. Carter's other YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/drlescarter

    Bookstore: https://survivingnarcissism.tv/books-on-narcissism-surviving-narcissism/

    • 32 min
    Breaking Free From A Narcissist, featuring Dr. Ramani Durvasula

    Breaking Free From A Narcissist, featuring Dr. Ramani Durvasula

    Recently Dr. Les Carter interviewed Dr. Ramani Durvasula about how to break free from a narcissist.  In this wide ranging discussion you’ll get to know more fully what she considers the greatest challenges as you become separate and distinct in your manner of participating in relationships.

    Thank you to Aura for sponsoring this episode. Secure your online presence and get 40% off of all plans using my link: https://aura.com/DrCarter

    Sign up for Dr. Carter’s NEW course: Ready, Set, Connect https://courses.survivingnarcissism.tv/courses/ready-set-connect Get 30% off when you use the coupon code: SNCommunity30

    Dr. Les Carter is a best selling author and therapist who has semi-retired to Waco, TX. In the past 40+ years he has conducted more than 65,000 counseling sessions and many workshops and seminars.  He specializes in anger management and narcissistic personality disorder.

    Join the Team Healthy community HERE: https://survivingnarcissism.tv/subscribe/

    Check out videos, articles, quizzes, and more at our website:  https://survivingnarcissism.tv

    You can follow Surviving Narcissism on:

    Twitter:  @SNarcissism101

    Instagram:  @survivingnarcissism101

    Facebook: @survivingnarcissism101

    Dr. Carter has two other courses that you may find to be useful:


    Free to Be: Reclaim & rediscover your uniqueness https://survivingnarcissism.tv/free-to-be-course/
    This Is Me: Setting boundaries with the controllers in your life   https://survivingnarcissism.tv/this-is-me

    Dr. Carter's personal website: http://drlescarter.com/

    Dr. Carter's other YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/drlescarter

    Bookstore: https://survivingnarcissism.tv/books-on-narcissism-surviving-narcissism/

    If you are interested in online therapy, Dr. Carter has a sponsor who can assist.  As the need is there, please seek the help you deserve: https://betterhelp.com/survivingnarcissismpodcast We receive commissions on referrals to BetterHelp. We only recommend services that we trust.

    • 45 min

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