Narcissistic Parents: How They Present and Ways to Release Childhood Traumas Caused By Them. An Interview with Brooke Bownes.

Brooke Bownes is a Therapist, Brainspotting Practitioner and Trauma Coach, specialising in narcissistic abuse.

Throughout her life, Brooke has personal experience of trauma from a Narcissistic mother, a lack of self-confidence and imposter syndrome, until she found strategies to heal herself.

Referred to as the Trauma Breakthrough Queen, Brooke has also written a self-help book about the self-sabotage cycle.

Brooke’s mission is to raise awareness of The Mother Wound trauma from narcissist mothers, and educate others about ways to stop living in fear behind a mask, so they can be seen and heard.

She’s also a mother to four adult children, and has 9 grandchildren.  

This episode will explore:

-How adults can try to heal childhood trauma.

-Brooke’s personal story and journey of being parented by a narcissistic mother.

-What narcissism is, including covert narcissism.

-What a narcissistic parent looks like, including how they treat each child differently, causing some to become co-dependent and others to also be narcissists.

-How gender can play a part in which child is targeted by the narcissist.

-The Mother Wound and Father Wound traumas, and how to heal from this.

-How narcissism can be misdiagnosed as other conditions, including Autism and Bipolar, and vice-versa.

-Ways to manage still having a narcissistic parent in your life when you’re an adult, to avoid further trauma.

-Advice for how to calm your nervous system.

-What to do if you recognise narcissistic behaviours within yourself.

*Trigger Warning*

Contains conversation about Childhood trauma, Narcissism, Covert Narcissism, Inner Child Wounds, EMDR, Brainspotting, Autism, ADHD, Gaslighting, Co-dependency and Domestic Violence.

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Your host, Claire, can be found on Instagram, TikTok and via her website Single Parent Pessimist.

Brooke’s Book, You Can Have It! How to Break Through the Self-Sabotage Cycle, can be found on Amazon.

Brooke can be found on Instagram and Tiktok and be emailed via brooke@brookebownes.com

Brooke’s Facebook Group is called the Confidence Community- Be Confident, Seen, Heard, Have Fun.