About Dr. Karyl McBride

For the past 40+ years, Dr. Karyl McBride has been involved in private research, writing, and clinical practice concerning the topic of narcissism and its debilitating effects on relationships.

Karyl McBride, Ph.D., LMFT, is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Denver, Colorado with more than 40 years in public and private practice. She specializes in treating clients with dysfunctional family issues. She has treated many adult children of narcissistic parents in her private practice and has conducted several workshops for adult children of parental narcissism. Dr. McBride is the author of three books on the topic of narcissism.

The author holds a B.A. from the University of Wyoming in elementary and special education, an M.A. from the University of Northern Colorado in counseling psychology, an Educational Specialist graduate degree from the University of Northern Colorado in school psychology, and a Ph.D. from The Union Institute in Philosophy with a Major in Clinical Psychology and an Interdisciplinary focus in Law and Child Development.

Dr. Karyl McBride also has extensive clinical experience in the fields of trauma, sexual abuse, domestic violence, divorce and stepfamily therapy, marital and family therapy, specialized trauma treatment in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), and individual adjustment issues related to anxiety, depression, and life transitions.

In addition, she has done forensic consulting and has served as an expert witness in numerous civil and criminal cases involving children and sexual abuse. She has nine years’ experience conducting sexual abuse investigations with law enforcement and has conducted training for law enforcement in the area of sexual abuse investigations. In 1996, she was invited to present her doctoral research at the International Police Research Conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Additional information on services provided and background experience can be found on Dr. McBride's private practice website at www.karylmcbridephd.com.

Dr. Karyl McBride is available for workshops, talks and media appearances on the topic of narcissism. Contact Dr. McBride for more information.