What's it like to be a malignant narcissist? Does their narcissistic defense relieve them of their internal emptiness? What is the difference between a sociopath and a malignant narcissist? Why would a narcissist ever go to therapy? Is there such a thing as family for a malignant narcissist?

Frank Yeomans describes the internal world of malignant narcissism, also drawing a link between narcissism and substance abuse.

We talked with Frank Yeomans about Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and how it can affect us on a personal and societal level.

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Frank Yeomans is an expert clinician who makes use of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy in his practice treating NPD and BPD. In fact, he co-wrote the manual on TFP for Borderline Personality Disorder!

Check out our interview of Otto Kernberg (who mentored Frank Yeomans) for lots more related material:    • Otto Kernberg  

For more information about BORDERLINE, the feature-length documentary we made about BPD, please visit: http://borderlinethefilm.com

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