For Narcissists From a Narcissist: Martin Appelo at TEDxGroningen

Martin Appelo, PhD is a psychologist, trainer with Cure & Care Development (Arnhem). He currently works as a cognitive behavioral therapist in private practice as well as at Het Behouden Huis (Haren, Groningen), a center for patients suffering from cancer. Previously he has worked in several psychiatric hospitals to develop new treatment and training programs for psychotic patients and was in charge of the research department of the GGz Groningen, an organization coordinating all non-academic psychiatric institutions in Groningen. Martin published several books (in Dutch). Grief, empowerment and resilience are the central concepts in his work.

At TEDxGroningen, he explains the moment he realized that he is a narcisist, and speaks to the other narcisists in the audience about how to better relate to the rest of us.

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