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EP 26: Part 1 of the Narcissistic Mother Blueprint Series
In this episode of Breaking Up with Toxicity, Maria Shkreli, LMHC, begins the Narcissistic Mother Blueprint Series, a multi-part series exploring how narcissistic maternal dynamics shape emotional development, family roles, identity formation, attachment patterns, and adult relationship experiences.
Drawing from attachment theory, developmental psychology, trauma research, and decades of clinical work on narcissistic personality structures — including the foundational contributions of Otto Kernberg and contemporary clinical education from Ramani Durvasula — this episode explains how early…
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