Biography:Ramani Durvasula

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Short description: American psychologist, media expert, and author
Ramani Suryakantham Durvasula
Born (1965-12-30) December 30, 1965 (age 58)
Englewood, New Jersey, US
Occupation
  • Psychologist
  • professor
  • author
  • public speaker
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Ramani Suryakantham Durvasula (born December 30, 1965) is an American clinical psychologist, professor of psychology, media expert, and author. She has been sought out in various media outlets for her expertise on narcissistic personality disorder and narcissistic abuse, including Red Table Talk, Bravo, the Lifetime Movie Network, National Geographic, and the History Channel, as well programs such as the TODAY show and Good Morning America.

Early life

Ramani Suryakantham Durvasula[1] was born in Englewood, New Jersey, on December 30, 1965.

Education

In 1989, Durvasula obtained a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Connecticut.[2] She has also received a Master of Arts in Psychology and a Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1997.[3]

Career

She has a private practice in Santa Monica and another in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles.[3] She is also Professor of Psychology at California State University, and a Visiting Professor of Psychology at the University of Johannesburg.[3] Books she has authored include “Don’t You Know Who I Am”: How to Stay Sane in the Era of Narcissism, Entitlement and Incivility,[4] Should I Stay or Should I Go: Surviving a Relationship With a Narcissist,[5] and You Are WHY You Eat: Change Your Food Attitude, Change Your Life,[6] as well as peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers.

Durvasula first appeared on television on an episode of Remote Control.[7] She was the co-host of the show My Shopping Addiction on the Oxygen network, and has provided expert commentary on the TODAY show and Good Morning America.[3] Channels such as Bravo, the Lifetime Movie Network, National Geographic, the History Channel, Discovery Science, and Investigation Discovery have also featured her. In the Fall of 2010, she starred in the Bravo series “Thintervention,” where she led group therapy sessions to help six participants find out the source of their overeating.[8] She is co-host of the podcast Sexual Disorientation.[3] She has been interviewed on internet media platforms as well, notably MedCircle and TONE Network. She has spoken at TEDx Sedona and South by Southwest.[3] At the American Psychological Association, she was on the Committee on Socioeconomic Status from 2014–2017 (serving as president in 2016),[9] and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Minority Fellowship Program.[3] The National Institutes of Health has funded her research on personality disorders;[3] they approved a $1.5 million grant for her to study the link between HIV and mental illness.[8] The four-year study, that included 288 patients, determined that 92-percent of participants had experienced depression, substance use disorder or another Axis-I disorder, and that nearly half met criteria for at least one Axis-II disorder (e.g. antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, or narcissistic personality disorder).[10]

Accolades

In 2003, Durvasula received the “Emerging Scholar” Award from the American Association of University Women and the “Distinguished Woman” Award from the CSULA.[11] California State University named her Outstanding Professor of the year in 2012.[3]

Personal life

Durvasula resides in Los Angeles,[12] having lived there since 1991.[13]

Filmography

  • Thintervention (2010)[8]
  • Ted Talk (2018) – "Narcissism and Its Discontents" (Guest)[14]
  • Red Table Talk (2019) – "The Narcissism Epidemic" (Guest)
  • The Today Show (2020) – "How to Prepare for a Healthy Divorce" (Guest)[15]
  • The Today Show (2020) – "Relationship Expert Offers Advice to Couples in Quarantine" (Guest)[16]
  • Red Table Talk (2020) – "Managing Our Anxiety & Fear During COVID-19" (Guest)
  • Oxygen's Snapped (2020) – "Notorious: Hollywood Ripper" (Guest)[17]

Podcasts

  • Sexual Disorientation with Dr. Ramani (2017–present) (Host)[18]
  • The Psych Central Show – (2018) "Why Does the Narcissist Always Get the Girl?" (Guest)[19]
  • The Psych Central Show – (2018) "Help! My Coworker Is a Narcissist!" (Guest)[20]
  • LAHWF (2018) – "Chatting with an Expert on Narcissism"
  • Being Well with Dr. Rick Hanson (2019) – "How to Deal with a Narcissist" (Guest)[21]
  • Speaking of Psychology (2019) – "Recognizing a Narcissist" (Guest)[22]
  • Progress Notes (2019) "Sharing Your Expertise in the Media" (Guest)[23]
  • Mental Illness Happy Hour with Paul Gilmartin (2019) "Narcissists and Psychopaths" (Guest)[24]
  • On Purpose with Jay Shetty (2020) – "How To Cope With Feelings Of Uncertainty & Grief During A Pandemic" (Guest)[25]
  • H.E.R. Space Podcast (2020) – "Raised By A Narcissist: Signs, Symptoms, and How to Recover" (Guest)[26]
  • Teddi Tea Pod With Teddi Mellencamp (2020) – "Don’t Fall In Love with a Narcissist" (Guest)[27]
  • Negotiate Your Best Life (2020) – "Do's and Don'ts of Negotiating with a Narcissist" (Guest)[28]
  • Cleaning Up the Mental Mess (2020) — "Navigating Narcissistic Relationships, How the Culture of Entitlement is Making the Pandemic Worse + Why We Are So Interested in Stories About Psychopaths with Psychologist Dr. Ramani Durvasula" (Guest)[29]
  • Zestology (2020) — "Dr. Ramani Durvasala on Narcissism #292" (Guest)[30]

Bibliography

Papers

Books

  • You Are WHY You Eat: Change Your Food Attitude, Change Your Life (January 1, 2013)
  • Should I Stay or Should I Go: Surviving A Relationship with a Narcissist (October 24, 2017)
  • Mothers, Daughters, and Body Image: Learning to Love Ourselves as We Are (October 31, 2017) – with Hillary L. McBride
  • Don’t You Know Who I Am: Staying Sane in an Era of Narcissism, Entitlement and Incivility (2019)

References

  1. ↑ Tesher, Ellie (March 11, 2020). "Ask Ellie: Therapy can help understand the narcissist". https://www.timescolonist.com/life/ask-ellie-therapy-can-help-understand-the-narcissist-1.24095113. 
  2. ↑ "One Hundred And Sixth Annual Commencement". May 21, 1989. https://opencommons.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1087&context=upub_commence. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 "Ramani Durvasula, Ph.D.". https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/experts/ramani-durvasula-phd. 
  4. ↑ ""Don't You Know Who I Am?": How to Stay Sane in an Era of Narcissism, Entitlement, and Incivility". https://posthillpress.com/book/dont-you-know-who-i-am-how-to-stay-sane-in-an-era-of-narcissism-entitlement-and-incivility. 
  5. ↑ ESME (2016-02-28). "A Review of "Should I Stay or Should I Go?"". https://esme.com/resources/divorce/a-review-of-should-i-stay-or-should-i-go. 
  6. ↑ You Are WHY You Eat: Change Your Food Attitude, Change Your Life. https://rowman.com/isbn/9780762791682/you-are-why-you-eat-change-your-food-attitude-change-your-life. Retrieved May 25, 2020. 
  7. ↑ Ramani Durvasula (interviewee) (June 1, 2018). Dr. Ramani Durvasula, Relationship Realist - Something No One Knows. TONE Networks. Retrieved November 19, 2019 – via YouTube.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Novotney, Amy (March 2011). "On-air interventions". Monitor on Psychology 42 (3): 54. https://www.apa.org/monitor/2011/03/interventions.aspx. Retrieved January 4, 2019. 
  9. ↑ "Committee on Socioeconomic Status Past Members". https://www.apa.org/pi/ses/committee/past-members.aspx. 
  10. ↑ Novotney, Amy (October 2009). "Reducing the risk". Monitor on Psychology 40 (9): 56. https://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/10/hiv-illness.aspx. Retrieved January 4, 2019. 
  11. ↑ "Interview with Ramani Durvasula – Therapist & Clinical Psychologist". https://careersinpsychology.org/interview/ramani-durvasula/. 
  12. ↑ Durvasula 2019, p. xxii.
  13. ↑ Durvasula, Ramani (September 1, 2016). "A Silver Anniversary…". http://blog.doctor-ramani.com/relationships-and-sex/a-silver-anniversary/. 
  14. ↑ "Introduction", Narcissism and Its Discontents (Palgrave Macmillan), 2014, doi:10.1057/9781137333445.0003, ISBN 978-1-137-33344-5 
  15. ↑ "How to prepare for a healthy divorce". https://www.today.com/video/how-to-prepare-for-a-healthy-divorce-76348485765. 
  16. ↑ "Relationship expert offers advice to couples in quarantine". https://www.today.com/video/relationship-expert-offers-advice-to-couples-in-quarantine-83081798001. 
  17. ↑ "What Were The 'Disturbing' Similarities Between The 'Hollywood Ripper' Murders?". 2020-04-19. https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/hollywood-ripper-murders-have-common-victims. 
  18. ↑ "Sexual Disorientation". http://sexualdisorientation.com/. 
  19. ↑ read, Gabe Howard Last updated: 8 Jul 2018 ~ 1 min (2017-02-16). "PODCAST: Why Does the Narcissist Always Get the Girl?". https://psychcentral.com/blog/podcast-why-does-the-narcissist-always-get-the-girl/. 
  20. ↑ read, Gabe Howard Last updated: 8 Jul 2018 ~ 2 min (2017-11-09). "Podcast: Help! My Coworker Is a Narcissist!". https://psychcentral.com/blog/podcast-help-my-coworker-is-a-narcissist/. 
  21. ↑ Rick Hanson. "How to Deal with a Narcissist with Ramani Durvasula". Being Well with Dr. Rick Hanson (Podcast). No. 44 (season 3). Archived from the original on September 6, 2020. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  22. ↑ "Speaking of Psychology: Recognizing a narcissist". www.apa.org. https://www.apa.org/research/action/speaking-of-psychology/narcissism. 
  23. ↑ "Progress Notes: Public practice: Sharing your expertise in the media". https://www.apaservices.org/practice/business/podcasts/media-expertise. 
  24. ↑ "Narcissists & Psychopaths - Dr Ramani Durvasula". 2019-10-04. https://mentalpod.com/archives/5531. 
  25. ↑ "On Purpose with Jay Shetty: Dr. Ramani Durvasula ON: How To Cope With Feelings Of Uncertainty & Grief During A Pandemic on Apple Podcasts". https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-ramani-durvasula-on-how-to-cope-feelings-uncertainty/id1450994021?i=1000471069160. 
  26. ↑ "H.E.R Space: Uplifting Conversations for the Black Woman: S6E7: Raised By A Narcissist: Signs, Symptoms, and How to Recover with Dr. Ramani Durvasula on Apple Podcasts". https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s6e7-raised-by-narcissist-signs-symptoms-how-to-recover/id1447793202?i=1000474688676. 
  27. ↑ Mellencamp, Teddi Tea Pod With Teddi. "Don't Fall In Love with a Narcissist – Teddi Tea Pod With Teddi Mellencamp – Podcast". https://podtail.com/en/podcast/teddi-tea-pod-w-teddi-mellencamp/don-t-fall-in-love-with-a-narcissist/. 
  28. ↑ "Negotiate Your Best Life Podcast with Rebecca Zung: Do's and Don'ts of Negotiating with a Narcissist with Dr. Ramani Durvasula on Negotiate Your Best Life with Rebecca Zung #215 on Apple Podcasts". https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dos-donts-negotiating-narcissist-dr-ramani-durvasula/id1408141817?i=1000471328648. 
  29. ↑ Wrighton, Tony (September 28, 2020). "Dr. Ramani Durvasala on Narcissism #292". https://tonywrighton.com/podcast/dr-ramani-durvasala-on-narcissism-292. 
  30. ↑ Wrighton, Tony (2020-09-28). "Dr. Ramani Durvasala on Narcissism #292". ZESTOLOGY: ENERGY, VITALITY AND MOTIVATION (Podcast). Retrieved 2020-11-02.

Works cited

  • Durvasula, Ramani (2015). Should I Stay Or Should I Go: Surviving A Relationship with a Narcissist. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1618688781. 
  • Durvasula, Ramani (2019). "Don't You Know Who I Am?" How to Stay Sane in an Era of Narcissism, Entitlement, and Incivility. Post Hill Press. ISBN 9781682617526. 

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