Karin Walker
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The term 'Narcissism' has been used increasingly to describe someone who is 'difficult' or 'unpleasant' - who treats other people badly. Narcissism is however a very real condition. Those who suffer from narcissistic personality disorder are very low in empathy and therefore particularly bad at maintaining long term personal relationships. As a consequence, those who work with couples who are separating are much more likely to encounter this particular pattern of behaviour during the work that they do. And it is most definitely a pattern, which, when properly understood is quite easily identifiable. Once identified it becomes possible to plan a...
Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Karen Walker translates high-conflict separation into concrete questions about evidence, financial disclosure, legal process, and future independence.
Karen Walker brings a family lawyer's procedural eye to the practical consequences of high-conflict relationships. Solo guidance alternates with expert conversations, moving from financial separation and arrangements for children to workplace disputes.
Bank statements become part of your separation strategy when Karen Walker gets specific about financial disclosure.
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A practical guide to leaving employment with your position protected.
The episode treats workplace narcissism as a real employment issue, not a theory exercise. Karen Walker and Claire Chappell keep the focus on bosses, colleagues, grievance strategy, and dismissal risk, and the most useful material stays practical: planning, evidence, and timing.
A careful discussion of alienating behaviour, child resistance, and the Family Justice Council's December 2024 guidance.
Karen Walker and Nicholas Anderson keep the discussion grounded in the practical and legal questions that come with leaving a narcissist, especially when alienating behaviour enters the picture.
A practical guide to spotting narcissistic patterns before leaving gets harder.
Karen Walker frames leaving a narcissist as a practical, step-by-step problem, and the discussion stays centered on familiar patterns: charm, confusion, walking on eggshells, hoovering, trauma bonding, and the threat of narcissistic rage once separation starts.
How do you sort out the money after leaving?
Narcissistic behavior does not stay at home.
Child arrangements can get messy fast.
This is plain, practical guidance from a family law podcast going back to basics.
Karen Walker and Kelly Pougher discuss how autistic traits, including self-referential conversation and masking, can be mistaken for narcissism in separating couples.
DARVO stands for Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim Offender, a common manipulation strategy of abusers formulated by Dr. Jennifer Freyd.