Not exact matches
However, when
narcissistic personalities are involved in divorce and custody cases, I often see a toxicity, a malignancy, to these personality types that affects their ability to function as
parents, to function
under the stress of litigation, and to function without being abusive or toxic to the other spouse.
The child is already sad about the break - up of the family, and
under the distorting influence of the
narcissistic / (borderline)
parent this authentic sadness is twisted into anger and blame directed at you for causing the divorce.
Failure to possess the requisite professional knowledge, training, and expertise in attachment theory, personality disorder processes (particularly
narcissistic an borderline personality dynamics and their characteristic decompensation
under stress), and in family systems constructs (particularly centering on the child's triangulation into the spousal conflict through a cross-generational
parent - child coalition against the other
parent) which is necessary for competent professional diagnosis and treatment with this «special population» of children and families may represent practice beyond the boundaries of professional competence in violation of professional practice standards.
The child authentically experiences a deep sadness and hurt associated with the targeted - rejected
parent, which the child is falsely attributing to the «abusive»
parenting or personhood of the targeted - rejected
parent (
under the distorting pathogenic influence of the
narcissistic / (borderline)
parent).
However,
under the distorting influence of the
narcissistic / (borderline)
parent, the child is induced into misinterpreting this authentic sadness as being caused by something bad you're doing as a
parent.
An authentic attachment system never shows «detachment behavior» except
under an extremely limited set of severely abusive
parenting (e.g., incest or chronic and severe parental violence), or in response to a cross-generational coalition with a
narcissistic / (borderline)
parent (i.e., attachment - based «parental alienation» — cats in the garden).
And all the while, the child's symptoms become ever more established and entrenched, the loving relationship with the targeted
parent becomes ever more hostile and rejecting, and the child falls ever more fully
under the distorting pathogenic influence of the
narcissistic / (borderline)
parent.