DON'T MISS The LIVE Q&A Session: January 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM (Eastern

December 3rd (2025) Start: Wendy Behary: Empathic Confrontation Strategies Navigating Narcissism and Other Challenging Modes in Treatment

Week 1: The Art of Empathy / Cultivating an Intention = Impact Outcome

Video: Welcome Everyone! Let's Get Started... (5:49) (5:48)
Read / Watch - Video Clip (1:44) (1:44)
Webinar 1- Introduction to Empathy (20:31) (20:31)
Dan Siegel - The Roots of Empathy (8:32) (8:32)
Webinar 2: Empathy, Confrontation, and Fortifying the Therapy Relationship (23:02) (23:02)
Lecture and Skills Building: The "Narrator Voice" (25:22) (25:22)
Introduction to Video Demonstration (3:09)/ "Frank" clip (8:08) (11:15)
Read / Watch/ Practice Exercises
Quiz
DON'T MISS The LIVE Q&A Session: January 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM (Eastern NYC Time)

Week 2: The Super-Sufferers and Virtuous Victims – Empathic Confrontation with Covert Narcissism

What is Covert Narcissism? (5:59) (5:59)
Webinar: A Conceptual Framework of Covert Narcissism: No, that's NOT Vulnerability (28:48) (28:49)
Read / Watch - Video Clip: The Devil Wears Prada (4:57) (8:29)
DEMO #1: Moral Self-Righteousness and Reassurance-Seeking (13:41) (13:41)
DEMO #2: Virtuous Victims and Super-Sufferers (17:33) (17:34)
DEMO #3: Passive-Aggressive Covert Narcissism (11:43) (11:43)
DEMO #4: Covert-Overt Combo / Role-Play (44:04) (44:04)
Comments / Questions: Send to Wendy! (0:47)
Read / Watch / Practice Exercises
Quiz
DON'T MISS The LIVE Q&A Session: January 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM (Eastern NYC Time)

Week 3: The Chauffer of Shame! Effectively Confronting, Evacuating, and Converting the Inner Critic Mode

Read: I Am the Very Worst Person on Earth and Other Myths: Understanding and Reconciling With the Inner Critic by Noah Gershman
Lecture: Identifying the Inner Critic. We all have one! (17:49) (17:49)
Toxic Shame and the Inner Critic - Read
Webinar/Lecture:Lecture: Empathic Confrontation to Reconcile Resentment and Regret (32:01) (32:01)
Lecture: The Inner Critic, Chauffeur of Shame (24:36) (24:37)
Video Clip: Alfred & Shadow - A Short Story about Self-Criticism (4:28) (4:28)
Part 1:Evacuating versus Part 2: Converting the Inner Critic: Protecting/Preventing/Promoting or Punishing (43:15) / (44:13) (87:31)
Role-Play: Introduction (3:21) "Dave" and the Inner Critic Mode (12:13) (15:33)
Steve Chapman: Dances with my Inner Critic (13:09) (13:08)
Read / Watch / Practice Exercises
Quiz
DON'T MISS The LIVE Q&A Session: January 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM (Eastern NYC Time)

Week 4: Limits, Leverage, Bullies, and Entitlement: A Mode Profile of Narcissism and Overcompensation

Read / Watch - Video Clip (2:19) (2:19)
Lecture: Part 1 and Part 2: Navigating Grandiose Narcissism / Overcompensating Modes: (28:01) and (30:55) (58:58)
Lecture and Demonstration: Shifting Leverage to the Therapy Relationship (22:04) (22:25)
Article - Challenging The Narcissist: How to Find Pathways to Empathy
The Approval-Seeker / Video Clip: "Bob" (9:14) (9:14)
The Cognitive Neuroscience of Narcissism - Read
DEMO: (19:00) Entitled, Demanding (19:00)
DEMO: Limit-Setting / Volatility and Aggression (5:09) (5:09)
DEMO: The Critical Side (13:17) (13:17)
DEMO: Charmers, and Too Much Perfume! (17:13) (17:13)
DEMO: Bringing the Brain on Board to Mitigate Shame and More... (16:41) (16:48)
DEMO: Mode Interview with the Demanding Critic (18:17) (18:17)
A Narcissist Interviews Wendy Behary! Video: 1:12:31 (72:31)
Reading Resources
Watch/Practice Exercise: Malignant Narcissism - Alec Baldwin: I am God! (1:16) (1:16)
DON'T MISS The LIVE Q&A Session: January 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM (Eastern NYC Time)
Quiz

Week 5: The Guard, The Cave, The Soldier, The Wall, The Bubble, The Fortress – Detached Modes

Webinar: Empathic Confrontation: Addressing Defiant, Denying, Dismissive, Distracted, Daydreaming and more...(20:04) (20:04)
Lecture: Persistence, Persistence, Persistence (4:32) and (1:21) ) (5:53)
Read/Watch Resources: Window of Tolerance and Emotional Regulation / Stonewalling (2:19) (2:17)
DEMO: Empathic Confrontation with Numb/Spacey/Foggy Detached Mode (13:09) (13:09)
DEMO: "The Professor" - Detached Intellectualizers (12:31) (12:31)
DEMO: The "Drifter" when Bypassing the DP Mode (9:25) (9:25)
DEMO: The "Tough" Protector (7:44) (7:44)
Detached Self-Stimulating Mode - Sex Addiction, for example (13:04) (16:36)
Watch - Video Clip: How Mind-Wandering Contributes to Unhappiness with Dan Siegel (3:39) (3:39)
Read / Practice Exercise
DON'T MISS The LIVE Q&A Session: January 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM (Eastern NYC Time)
Quiz

Week 6: Other Gnarly Challenges – Enmeshed Loyalty Mongers, Angry Modes, and the Chronically Disappointed

Lecture/Webinar: Empathic Confrontation with Immovable Loyalty (19:08) (19:08)
"Heidi: Intro and Role Play (clip) / Enmeshment (2:18) and (11:09) (13:28)
Lecture/Webinar: Differentiating Anger Modes and Adjusting Methods/Timing of Empathic Confrontation (36:21) (36:21)
Read/Watch: "Angry Child" Role Play with Jeff Young - Emphasis on EC (30:25) (30:25)
Intro to Craig Malkin Video (7:31) (7:31)
Video - Interview with Dr. Craig Malkin on "Echoism" (25:15) (25:15)
When Your Client: Wants to be Friends; Has a Crush on You; Wants to Take Care of You! (8:40) (8:40)
Lecture: Realness / Pause / and... Oh Those "Chronically Disappointed" Modes! (9:41) (9:41)
Pulling the Science Together... (7:05) (7:05)
Practice Exercises
Quiz
DON'T MISS The LIVE Q&A Session: January 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM (Eastern NYC Time)

Bonus! Therapist Improv: Body and Drama Exercises to Fortify Your Empathic Confrontation Presentation

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