BEWARE! "Healers" of Narcissism Ignorant or Swindlers, No Cure
Channel: Prof. Sam Vaknin
Date: 2021-03-04

Psychopathology: Foundations for a Contemporary Understanding, 5th ed., Routledge, 2020:

"Personality disorders are among the most difficult of disorders to treat because they involve well-established behaviors that can be integral to a client’s self-image (Millon, 2011) ...

The development of an ideal or fully healthy personality structure is unlikely to occur through the course of treatment, but given the considerable social, public health, and personal costs associated with some of the personality disorders, such as the antisocial and borderline, even moderate adjustments to personality functioning can represent substantial social and clinical benefits."

In their seminal tome, "Personality Disorders in Modern Life" (New York, John Wiley & Sons, 2004), Theodore Millon writes:

"Most narcissists strongly resist psychotherapy. For those who choose to remain in therapy, there are several pitfalls that are difficult to avoid ... Interpretation and even general assessment are often difficult to accomplish..."

The "Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry" (Oxford, Oxford University Press), cautions:

"... (P)eople cannot change their natures, but can only change their situations. There has been some progress in finding ways of effecting small changes in disorders of personality, but management still consists largely of helping the person to find a way of life that conflicts less with his character ... Whatever treatment is used, aims should be modest and considerable time should be allowed to achieve them."

The authoritative "Review of General Psychiatry" (London, Prentice-Hall International), says:

"(People with personality disorders) ... cause resentment and possibly even alienation and burnout in the healthcare professionals who treat them ... (p. 318) Long-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis have been attempted with (narcissists), although their use has been controversial."

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