About That Referral, It’s OK to Think Twice

I was asked about a referral of a person described as a narcissist.

The person has apparently attended previous therapy on an individual and group basis. The marital and family issues continue.

The person seeking to make the referral explained that the person always thinks they know more than the therapist.

I declined the referral.

There is no room for the input of another when one is so full of themselves.

As a therapist It is important to know one’s own limits and demonstrate boundaries.

It is also important to know that when seeking to help someone described as a narcissist, if the therapist is unhelpful, it will be the therapist who is next blamed and scorned by the individual.

Limits and boundaries. Even for therapists.

They keep us safe too.

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Gary Direnfeld is a social worker. Courts in Ontario, Canada, consider him an expert in social work, marital and family therapy, child development, parent-child relations and custody and access matters. Gary is the host of the TV reality show, Newlywed, Nearly Dead, former parenting columnist for the Hamilton Spectator and author of Marriage Rescue: Overcoming the ten deadly sins in failing relationships. Gary maintains a private practice in Georgina Ontario, providing a range of services for people in distress. He speaks at conferences and workshops throughout North America. He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice.