About Brenda Stephens

Brenda Stephens, LPCC, LMHC, LPC: Brenda is a therapist, speaker, coach, and author working with survivors of narcissistic abuse for the past 16 years. We aim to help survivors heal, reclaim their lives, and learn how to avoid toxic relationships.

The Truth Teller in a Narcissistic Family Is Often the One Who Gets Shunned

  The Truth Teller in a Narcissistic Family Is Often the One Who Gets Shunned What happens when one person stops cooperating with denial and starts naming the dysfunction In a lot of narcissistic families,

Why Routine Feels So Good After Narcissistic Abuse

Why Routine Feels So Good After Narcissistic Abuse: Your nervous system is not asking for perfection. It is asking for predictability. After narcissistic abuse, a lot of survivors say some version of the same thing: I just

By |2026-03-30T12:42:12-07:00March 30th, 2026|Narcissist, Narcissistic Abuse, Therapy|0 Comments

The Shadow Parts in Survivors of Narcissistic Abuse

The Shadow Parts in Survivors of Narcissistic Abuse: Why healing what you hid is often the missing step toward feeling whole Most survivors of narcissistic abuse can describe the pattern. Many can explain the dynamics

By |2026-03-27T11:22:00-07:00March 27th, 2026|Narcissist, Narcissistic Abuse, Therapy|0 Comments

When Your Adult Kids Side With the Narcissistic Parent

When Your Adult Kids Side With the Narcissistic Parent How to Stay Connected Without Abandoning Yourself There’s a particular kind of fear that survivors of coercive or narcissistic relationships carry that doesn’t always get said

By |2026-01-17T19:21:30-08:00January 17th, 2026|Education, Narcissistic Parent, Therapy|0 Comments

How to Help Family and Friends Understand Narcissistic Abuse

How to Help Family and Friends Understand Narcissistic Abuse What to say, what not to say, and how to stop retraumatizing survivors For survivors of narcissistic abuse, one of the hardest parts of healing is

By |2025-12-13T11:19:37-08:00December 13th, 2025|Education, Narcissistic Abuse, Therapy|0 Comments

Why Narcissists Love “Low-Maintenance” Women And Why We Love Animals So Much

Why Narcissists Love "Low-Maintenance" Women and Why We Love Animals So Much In my work with survivors of narcissistic abuse, I hear some version of this all the time: "I am really low maintenance. I

The Secret Rescue Fantasy Of Strong Women Raised By Narcissists

  How smart, capable women end up living in their heads with an imaginary prince while staying in very real pain If you are an emotionally intelligent, self-supporting woman who has survived narcissistic abuse, you

By |2025-11-24T13:31:14-08:00November 24th, 2025|Education, Narcissistic Abuse, Narcissistic Parent|0 Comments
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