Psychology

Psychopathy: The Mechanics

How empathy fails: a process model

Jan 23 • Dawn Drescher

Psychopathy: The Self

Psychodynamic structures: who you became

Jan 19 • Dawn Drescher

Psychopathy: The Shaping

Environment and development: how adversity shapes expression

Jan 14 • Dawn Drescher

Psychopathy: The Substrate

Genes and brain: the biological foundations of psychopathy

Jan 1 • Dawn Drescher

Psychopathy: The Problem

Why we need a new framework for understanding psychopathy, narcissism, and related presentations

Dec 27, 2025 • Dawn Drescher

When “Sorry” is Hard: Mapping the Boundary Struggle in NPD

Understanding the patterns that make boundaries and accountability feel impossible – and what lies beneath them.

Dec 11, 2025 • Dawn Drescher

AI Mental Health Chatbots for Low-Resource Settings: A Prioritization Framework

We’re building an AI-powered mental health chatbot targeting populations with severe mental healthcare shortages.

Dec 4, 2025 • Dawn Drescher, Scott D Blain, Anand Jeevanandham, and Angie Hsu

Tiffany on Radical Authenticity and Recovery for Sovereigns – Psychopathic Narcissists

The inside scoop of narcissism and psychopathy, finding meaning without absolution, and why you should never ever buy a PT Cruiser.

Dec 1, 2025 • Dawn Drescher

7:22:08

Sovereignism: The Human Side of Sadism, Narcissism, and Psychopathy

Deconstructing aggression, control, and kink as survival mechanisms. An interview with a lived expert of narcissistic and antisocial personality…

Nov 23, 2025 • Dawn Drescher

6:02:33

Interview with April on Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Musician April shares her journey with NPD, from childhood trauma to recovery through music and vulnerability.

Oct 31, 2025 • Dawn Drescher

1:50:08

Narcissism, Echoism, and Sovereignism: A 4-D Model of Personality

Are narcissism and echoism opposites? Where does sovereignism (“malignant narcissism lite”) come in? I argue they are kin, just as the primal terrors of…

Oct 5, 2025 • Dawn Drescher

The Narcissistic Spectrum

Pathological narcissism is a fortress built against unbearable pain. Some fortresses are sculpted from glass, some hewn from granite. My six-tier…

Sep 28, 2025 • Dawn Drescher

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