The Everything Guide to Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Professional, reassuring advice for coping with the disorder - at work, at home, and in your family (Everything® Series)

by Cynthia Lechan Goodman

It takes a very soft touch from the therapist to maneuver into gradually decreasing the stroking of the narcissist’s ego in a subtle way. If the narcissist notices that the therapist has begun to treat her like any normal person, whatever bond was being built may be lost.