Published in 2024
320 pages
7 hours and 49 minutes
Helen Villiers is a psychotherapist specializing in narcissistic behaviour. She is the co-author of the Amazon No. 1 and Sunday Times bestselling book You Are Not the Problem, which focuses on understanding and managing relationships with narcissistic individuals. Helen completed a Masters in Working Therapeutically with Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents in 2017 and her client work focuses primarily on this, but also specialises in Autism and ADHD. Her work offers practical advice and insights for those dealing with narcissistic behaviours in personal or professional settings. Helen’s approach is grounded in helping people recognise and respond effectively to such challenging dynamics.
Katie McKenna BA; MIACP, is an accredited psychotherapist specialising in childhood trauma, emotional abuse and parentification. Katie co-hosts of the weekly smash-hit podcast In Sight – Exposing Narcissism (1 million downloads) with Helen Villiers. They have become the go-to experts on how to have healthier relationships and interactions by recognising everyday toxic and narcissistic communication patterns or behaviours that become normalised, particularly within families. Their life changing advice has so far drawn a following of over 900k across their social media platforms with numerous ‘viral’ videos hitting views in the millions. With over a decade of clinical experience, she is accredited by the Irish Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy and runs a private practice in a G.P surgery and online. Katie has a cross-platform social media following of over half a million (Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and Patreon).
What is this book about?
This book will show you what a narcissist looks like and how their emotional abuse impacts the lives and relationships of their families.
Many emotionally abusive behaviours from parent to child have become socially acceptable; because they’re so prolific, they’re normalised. Furthermore, humans often repeat relational patterns, passing the baton of trauma from generation to generation, until someone decides to change things. You’re Not the Problem shows you how to recognise these behaviours and realise the profound impact they have had, and still have, and to see the patterns they form in our relationships with parents, partners, friends and colleagues. Using stories and examples from their clinical experience and extensive research, psychotherapists Helen Villiers and Katie McKenna share:
· What Narcissistic Personality Disorder is
· How to recognise emotional abuse in family relationships
· The immediate and long-term impact
· Practical strategies for healing
· How to avoid repeating these behaviours
With a compassionate, sympathetic approach to looking at your familial patterns, Villiers and McKenna show you how to truly break free from these toxic relationships and reclaim your life.
