Dr. Peter Salerno is a licensed psychotherapist, author, and internationally recognized expert in personality science and pathological relationship dynamics. He specializes in the assessment of personality pathology and recovery from manipulative and coercive relationship abuse. He is the author of Cruelty by Nature, Traumatic Cognitive Dissonance, and The Nature and Nurture of Narcissism and was featured as an expert in the Hulu series Ted Bundy: Dialogue with the Devil. His work integrates cutting-edge personality science with practical, trauma-informed education for survivors and clinicians.

Today on the show we discuss: how female narcissists can differ from male narcissists, the subtle manipulation tactics that are easy to miss, how love bombing and seduction are used to exploit vulnerabilities, the cycle of idealization, devaluation, and discard, how narcissistic abuse can hijack the brain and become addictive, and whether narcissists and psychopaths can actually change and much more.