About Brenda Stephens

Brenda Stephens, LPCC, LMHC, LPC, is the founder of the Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Center (narctrauma.com) and the author of The Narcissism Recovery Workbook and Recovering from Narcissistic Mothers. She specializes in helping survivors of narcissistic abuse, gaslighting, coercive control, and relational trauma rebuild self-trust, identity, and emotional safety. Brenda offers online therapy, support groups, and classes for survivors across the country and around the world..

Why You Keep Doubting Yourself After Narcissistic Abuse (and How to Finally Stop)

If you’ve ever caught yourself thinking, “Maybe it’s me,” you’re in very familiar territory. In this episode of Two Queens and a Joker: My Narcissist’s Ex and Me, Sara and I talk about the specific

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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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