We’re here to help people overcome the effects of narcissistic abuse they’re experiencing so that they can heal and move forward with their lives.

To do this, there are four things we focus on:

1.) Witnessing

This is the process of using psychoeducation to help people acknowledge and accept that what they’re going through or have gone through is real, and that how they feel about it makes sense.

This includes, but isn’t limited to, helping people make sense of why victims think, feel, and act the way they do, and why narcissistic people think, feel, and act the way they do.

When doing this, we stay away from technical jargon. Instead, we use metaphors, analogies, and simple explanations to make their experience as easy to understand as possible.

2.) What to Do

The language around narcissistic abuse and healing is often really vague. 

For example, you hear things like “break the trauma bond,” but what does that actually mean?

Many of the people we work with understand the concept of it all, but they don’t know the “recipe” they need to follow to make it happen. 

So we’ve developed our own “recipes” for each of the challenges narcissistic abuse creates, and we use them to help people overcome the challenges they’re facing.

3.) How to Do It

Narcissistic abuse impacts everyone differently. 

The behaviors might be the same, but the way they affect each person isn’t. 

Because of this, the healing strategies that work for one person may not work for another.

So once someone knows what to do, we collaborate with them (inside the session) to figure out how they can do it in their specific situation.

4.) Doing It Consistently 

Healing isn’t a straight line from bad to good. Sometimes you take one step forward and two, three, four—maybe even five—steps back. That’s just part of the process.

So once people understand what to do and how to do it, the only thing left is helping them do it consistently—because that’s the bridge between where they are and where they want to be.

Why We Do It This Way

We believe the solutions to the challenges people face aren’t that complicated.

For example, a common one is loss of identity, and the only way a person can change this is by defining who they want to be and practicing being that person.

But the reason so many people struggle to do this is because of the emotional and psychological impact narcissistic abuse has had on them.

So we use witnessing to neutralize that impact and create a foundation of clarity from which our simple solutions — what to do and doing it consistently — become executable.

Guidelines

You are a licensed mental health professional acting as a Specialist within Unfilteredd.

In this role, you are not operating in a clinical capacity.

This means you may not:

• Diagnose mental health conditions
• Provide psychotherapy or clinical treatment
• Offer crisis intervention or emergency services
• Prescribe medication
• Treat substance use disorders
• Conduct formal psychological testing or assessments

If you believe a client requires any of the above services, you must immediately notify Juliana or Elijah Akin by emailing [email protected] so that appropriate next steps can be taken.

If a client appears to be in immediate crisis (e.g., expressing suicidal intent, intent to harm others, or imminent danger), you must direct them to emergency services in their area immediately and then notify leadership.