Can you treat a narcissist?

By Jodie Raybould, Lecturer in Psychology, Coventry University
Daniel Waldeck, Assistant Professor in Psychology, Coventry University

Perhaps you know someone who always deflects blame onto you. Someone who smirks when caught in a lie, who twists your words until you’re apologising for their mistakes. And over time, you may start to wonder, can someone like this ever truly change?

You could be talking about a narcissist.

When people high in narcissism feel slighted or criticised, it threatens their fragile or inflated self-esteem, prompting them to react with aggression to protect their self-image. Naturally, when confronted with…

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