
Becoming a Therapist or Coach After Your Own Abuse: Ethical Considerations and Professional Integration
Using your lived experience of narcissistic abuse professionally as a therapist or coach is powerful and meaningful—but it requires rigorous education, ethical boundaries, preventing countertransference, ongoing self-care, understanding the difference between therapy and coaching, choosing legitimate certification programs, and integrating personal experience with professional expertise in ways that serve clients without exploiting your story or re-traumatizing yourself.