Our readingWhat is a korrent?
Narcissists can change meaningfully in therapy, though nobody changes completely, and most of the work is persisting with empathic confrontation past the first rebuff.
Drawn from what Wendy Behary said
What these subjects mean
empathy Feeling what others feel: whether it makes better makers, leaders and people, or is a poor guide that should give way to compassion.
Psychotherapy Treatment by conversation between a therapist and a patient, and the arguments about what in it actually does the work.
Narcissism From a trait to a personality disorder, and whether the people at the far end of it can be treated at all.
Mental modelsThe therapeutic alliance, Empathy and validation
On the topicWhat makes psychotherapy work?under our view: Change arrives when somebody sees the pattern they are repeating and recoils from it