Ep. 017 | Trauma or Emotional Abuse? Gaslighting, deception, and lack of empathy with Dr. Hawkins
About this episode
Dr. David Hawkins discusses the differences between trauma and emotional abuse, including concepts like gaslighting and narcissism.
You've tried everything but nothing changes. You may be wondering whether something deeper is going on. Dr. David Hawkins, clinical psychologist and founder of the Marriage Recovery Center, joins our expert therapists in Episode 17 to unpack the spectrum from narcissism to emotional immaturity, clarify what real remorse actually looks like, and work through a key question: is my mate in a season of affair fog, or is what I'm seeing a pervasive pattern? In this episode: The real difference bet...
People in this episode
Guest: Dr. David Hawkins
Topics covered
- trauma
- emotional abuse
- gaslighting
- narcissism
- emotional immaturity
- affair fog
Keywords
- trauma
- emotional abuse
- gaslighting
- narcissism
- affair fog
- empathy
- remorse
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Marriage Recovery Center
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