Defeating the Giant: A Guide to Recognizing and Healing from Narcissistic Abuse

Using a holistic approach that draws on the author’s clinical expertise in research and theory-based treatment, this book assists helping professionals and impacted individuals through the process of recovering from narcissistic abuse.

Dr. Rosanne Nunnery is a professor at Mississippi State University in the Department of Education focusing on counseling, education, and psychology. She earned a PhD in counselor education with an emphasis in community counseling and a minor in educational leadership. She holds a master’s degree in community counseling, is a licensed professional counselor and approved supervisor in Mississippi, a national certified counselor, a grief counselor, and certified in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and telemental health counseling. She has been a counselor for 23 years and a counselor educator for 12 years. She co-edited a textbook, Telemental Health: What Every Student Needs to Know by Cognella Publishing in 2023 as well as authored several chapters within the book. Dr. Nunnery has presented on topics including parental narcissism and the impact on children, attachment disorders, complicated grief treatment, telemental health, DBT, ethics and has been an invited speaker on these topics. Over the last two years, she has been asked to present on topics related to ethics, narcissistic abuse, complicated grief, and supervision. She completed part one of the Parent Child Interaction Therapy training to become certified. As a counselor educator, she has developed and taught various graduate and undergraduate level classes along with serving as a dissertation chair for doctoral students. She has received awards for her teaching experience, mentoring, and presentations. Her curriculum vita reflects her experience and passion as an educator, writer, and counselor.