Defeating the Giant: A Guide to Recognizing and Healing from Narcissistic Abuse

Defeating the Giant: A Guide to Recognizing and Healing from Narcissistic Abuse addresses the reality that anyone, at any time, can be impacted by someone with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). Whether family, friends, co-workers, supervisor, or other community circles--someone with NPD can appear and wreak havoc seemingly without warning. Those impacted can internalize the experience, resulting in feelings of fear, doubt, shame, depression, and a loss of identity. Readers will get a glimpse into the author's personal experience then explore the formal diagnosis and characteristics of an NPD abuser. To defeat and begin healing from the narcissistic giant, the reader is guided through specific skills that infuse practice to not only help assess and understand their experiences, but begin to reclaim their identity and future decisions. The chapters address attachment; the interconnectedness of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors; identification of one's strengths to effectively communicate, maintain boundaries, make choices, and have healthier relationships. Readers will learn how to understand the NPD giant, reclaim their power with specific tools, and eventually defeat the giant's hold.

Author: Rosanne Nunnery
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 02/22/2025
Pages: 182
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781538195543

About the Author
Dr. Rosanne Nunnery is a professor at Mississippi State University in the Department of Education focusing on counseling, education, and psychology. She earned a PhD in counselor education with an emphasis in community counseling and a minor in educational leadership. She holds a master's degree in community counseling, is a licensed professional counselor and approved supervisor in Mississippi, a national certified counselor, a grief counselor, and certified in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and telemental health counseling. She has been a counselor for 23 years and a counselor educator for 12 years. She co-edited a textbook, Telemental Health: What Every Student Needs to Know by Cognella Publishing in 2023 as well as authored several chapters within the book. Dr. Nunnery has presented on topics including parental narcissism and the impact on children, attachment disorders, complicated grief treatment, telemental health, DBT, ethics and has been an invited speaker on these topics. Over the last two years, she has been asked to present on topics related to ethics, narcissistic abuse, complicated grief, and supervision. She completed part one of the Parent Child Interaction Therapy training to become certified. As a counselor educator, she has developed and taught various graduate and undergraduate level classes along with serving as a dissertation chair for doctoral students. She has received awards for her teaching experience, mentoring, and presentations. Her curriculum vita reflects her experience and passion as an educator, writer, and counselor.