Karyl McBride is an American author and marriage and family therapist. She has written several books about narcissistic relationships, including ''Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers''.
Career
McBride has had a forty-year career as a licensed marriage and family therapist. Her practice has focused on recovery from the effects of relationships with
narcissists
Narcissism is a self-centered personality style characterized as having an excessive interest in one's physical appearance or image and an excessive preoccupation with one's own needs, often at the expense of others.
Narcissism exists on a co ...
, and her clients have mostly been women.
She specialized in treating daughters of
narcissistic mothers for over 17 years before writing the self-help book ''Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers'' in 2008. In 2012, she launched online workshops on her website. McBride's second book, ''Will I Ever Be Free of You? How to Navigate a High-Conflict Divorce from a Narcissist and Heal Your Family'', was published in 2015 and featured in ''
The New York Times
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'' Well Book Club.
Books
* ''Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers'' (2008)
* ''Will I Ever Be Free of You? How to Navigate a High-Conflict Divorce from a Narcissist and Heal Your Family'' (2015)
* ''Will the Drama Ever End? Untangling and Healing from the Harmful Effects of Parental Narcissism'' (2023)
References
External links
How to handle holidays with a narcissist(''
CNN Health
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American psychotherapists
21st-century American women writers
University of Wyoming alumni
University of Northern Colorado alumni
Union Institute & University alumni
Living people
Date of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
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