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One Broken Mom Hosted by Ameé Quiriconi
Welcome to One Broken Mom, created by business consultant, mother, and mental health advocate, Ameé Quiriconi after personal transformation spurred her on to create a revolution in how we talk about trauma and mental health. Ameé's "punk rock meets mental health and parenting" shows are direct and honest conversations with leading therapists, researchers, and advocates in the areas of trauma, narcissistic abuse, relationships, suicide prevention, parenting, and co-dependency. The topics are serious but Ameé brings an entertaining balance of candor, boldness, empathy and even a sense of humor to each interview. Listeners learn to make changes in their personal and professional lives by gaining a greater understanding of themselves and the people around them.
One Broken Mom Hosted by Ameé Quiriconi
Aftermath: Surviving a Psychopath
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Amee Quiriconi
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Season 2
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Episode 38
Today, Ameé revisits the topic of psychopathy with Dr. Dave Kossen. Dr. Kosson is a Professor of Psychology at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. His research focuses on the cognitive, emotional, interpersonal, and developmental mechanisms underlying psychopathy. He is also the President-Elect of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy. He founded the Aftermath: Surviving Psychopathy Foundation in 2006 and has served as its first President.
In this episode you will hear:
- Why the organization was started?
- How is psychopathy determined really
- How is an abusive partner that is psychopathic different from other types of abusive people?
- How psychopaths abuse the legal system in particular divorce and custody situations
- Noting that research has shown that psychopathic people are actually more “desirable” in the courting phases, what are the clear warning signs of danger?
- What is best protection against psychopathy
- What is the best way to confront a psychopath
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