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Ramani Durvasula
Ramani at psych convention 2023
Ramani Durvasula 2023
Born
Ramani Suryakantham Durvasula

Englewood, New Jersey, US
Occupations
  • Psychologist
  • professor
  • author
  • public speaker
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2011–present
Genre(s)Personal development, mainly topics involving narcissistic abuse
Subscribers1.67M[1]
(4 May 2024)
Total views230M[1]
(4 May 2024)
Associated actsMedCircle

Ramani Suryakantham Durvasula is an American clinical psychologist, retired[2] professor of psychology, media expert, and author. She has appeared on media outlets discussing narcissistic personality disorder and narcissistic abuse, including Red Table Talk, Bravo, the Lifetime Movie Network, National Geographic, and the History Channel, as well as programs such as the TODAY show and Good Morning America.

Early life

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Ramani Suryakantham Durvasula[3] was born in Englewood, New Jersey.[citation needed]

Education

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In 1989, Durvasula obtained a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Connecticut.[4] She has also received a Master of Arts in Psychology and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Clinical Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1997.[5]

Career

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Durvasula has a private practice in Santa Monica and another in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles.[5] She is also Professor of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles, and a visiting professor of psychology at the University of Johannesburg.[5] Her books include “Don’t You Know Who I Am”: How to Stay Sane in the Era of Narcissism, Entitlement and Incivility,[6] Should I Stay or Should I Go: Surviving a Relationship With a Narcissist,[7] and You Are WHY You Eat: Change Your Food Attitude, Change Your Life,[8] as well as peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers.

Durvasula first appeared on television on an episode of Remote Control.[9] She was the co-host of the show My Shopping Addiction on the Oxygen network, and has provided commentary on the TODAY show and Good Morning America.[5] 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 appeared in the Bravo series “Thintervention,” where she led group therapy sessions to help six participants find out the source of their overeating.[10] She is co-host of the podcast Sexual Disorientation.[5] 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.[5] At the American Psychological Association, she was on the Committee on Socioeconomic Status from 2014 to 2017 (serving as president in 2016),[11] and is a member of the advisory board of the Minority Fellowship Program.[5] The National Institutes of Health has funded her research on personality disorders;[5] they approved a $1.5 million grant for her to study the link between HIV and mental illness.[10] 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).[12]

Ramani wearing blue top. Head tilted while resting on right hand.
Recent image of Ramani

Accolades

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In 2003, Durvasula received the “Emerging Scholar” Award from the American Association of University Women and the “Distinguished Woman” Award from the CSULA.[13] California State University named her Outstanding Professor of the year in 2012.[5]

Personal life

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Durvasula, who has a sister, moved to Los Angeles in 1991. On August 31, 1996, she married Charles H. Hinkin, a Professor-in-Residence in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA School of Medicine. The couple had two daughters, Maya and Shanti, but separated in 2008 and divorced the following year.[14][15] After the divorce, Durvasula raised their daughters on her own.[16][17] She is in an on-and-off relationship with Richard Wearn.[18]

In an interview discussing contraception, Durvasula said that she began struggling with her weight in her mid-20s. After having children, the pressure of juggling her career and personal life led her to find "comfort" in food.[19] She faced unkindness from the other mothers at her daughters' school, who were mostly slim. When preparing for a wedding, she found that none of the saris her mother had brought from India fit her. Determined to lose weight, she began to go on daily walks and eat smaller portions. Within just over a year, she lost 32.5 kg.[20]

In an interview with Steven Bartlett, she disclosed that she was sexually assaulted and later stalked while at university, an ordeal that ultimately led her to leave the university.[21]

Filmography

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Podcasts

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  • Sexual Disorientation with Dr. Ramani (2017–present) (Host)[26]
  • The Psych Central Show – (2018) "Why Does the Narcissist Always Get the Girl?" (Guest)[27]
  • The Psych Central Show – (2018) "Help! My Coworker Is a Narcissist!" (Guest)[28]
  • LAHWF (2018) – "Chatting with an Expert on Narcissism"
  • Being Well with Dr. Rick Hanson (2019) – "How to Deal with a Narcissist" (Guest)[29]
  • Speaking of Psychology (2019) – "Recognizing a Narcissist" (Guest)[30]
  • Progress Notes (2019) "Sharing Your Expertise in the Media" (Guest)[31]
  • Mental Illness Happy Hour with Paul Gilmartin (2019) "Narcissists and Psychopaths" (Guest)[32]
  • On Purpose with Jay Shetty (2020) – "How To Cope With Feelings Of Uncertainty & Grief During A Pandemic" (Guest)[33]
  • H.E.R. Space Podcast (2020) – "Raised By A Narcissist: Signs, Symptoms, and How to Recover" (Guest)[34]
  • Teddi Tea Pod With Teddi Mellencamp (2020) – "Don’t Fall In Love with a Narcissist" (Guest)[35]
  • Negotiate Your Best Life (2020) – "Do's and Don'ts of Negotiating with a Narcissist" (Guest)[36]
  • 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)[37]
  • Zestology (2020) — "Dr. Ramani Durvasala on Narcissism #292" (Guest)[37]

Bibliography

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Papers

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Books

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  • 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)
  • It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People (2024)

References

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  1. ^ a b "About DoctorRamani". YouTube.
  2. ^ "Contact – Doctor Ramani". Retrieved October 17, 2023. Is Dr. Ramani accepting new graduate students? No. She has retired from her university position.
  3. ^ Tesher, Ellie (March 11, 2020). "Ask Ellie: Therapy can help understand the narcissist". Times Colonist. Archived from the original on April 12, 2020. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  4. ^ "One Hundred And Sixth Annual Commencement". May 21, 1989. Archived from the original on June 11, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Psychology Today staff. "Ramani Durvasula, Ph.D." Psychology Today. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  6. ^ ""Don't You Know Who I Am?": How to Stay Sane in an Era of Narcissism, Entitlement, and Incivility". posthillpress.com. Archived from the original on June 11, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  7. ^ ESME (February 28, 2016). "A Review of "Should I Stay or Should I Go?"". ESME. Archived from the original on June 11, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  8. ^ You Are WHY You Eat: Change Your Food Attitude, Change Your Life. Archived from the original on June 11, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  9. ^ Ramani Durvasula (interviewee) (June 1, 2018). Dr. Ramani Durvasula, Relationship Realist - Something No One Knows. TONE Networks. Retrieved November 19, 2019 – via YouTube.
  10. ^ a b c Novotney, Amy (March 2011). "On-air interventions". Monitor on Psychology. 42 (3): 54. Archived from the original on January 4, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  11. ^ "Committee on Socioeconomic Status Past Members". American Psychological Association. Archived from the original on December 9, 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  12. ^ Novotney, Amy (October 2009). "Reducing the risk". Monitor on Psychology. 40 (9): 56. Archived from the original on January 4, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  13. ^ "Interview with Ramani Durvasula – Therapist & Clinical Psychologist". Careers in Psychology. Archived from the original on January 4, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  14. ^ "Don't Waste Your Time with Toxic People, Advises Dr. Ramani Durvasula". January 24, 2016.
  15. ^ "Charles Henry Hinkin Vs Ramani Suryakantham Durvasula".
  16. ^ Durvasula 2019, p. xxii.
  17. ^ ESME (January 24, 2016). "Don't Waste Your Time with Toxic People, Advises Dr. Ramani Durvasula". ESME. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  18. ^ Ph.D, Ramani S. Durvasula (October 1, 2019). "Don't You Know Who I Am?": How to Stay Sane in an Era of Narcissism, Entitlement, and Incivility. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-68261-752-6.
  19. ^ "Gale - Institution Finder".
  20. ^ "Don't Waste Your Time with Toxic People, Advises Dr. Ramani Durvasula". January 24, 2016.
  21. ^ "The Narcissism Doctor: "1 in 6 People Are Narcissists!" How to Spot Them & Can They Change?". YouTube. February 29, 2024.
  22. ^ "Introduction", Narcissism and Its Discontents, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, doi:10.1057/9781137333445.0003, ISBN 978-1-137-33344-5
  23. ^ "How to prepare for a healthy divorce". TODAY.com. Archived from the original on May 12, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  24. ^ "Relationship expert offers advice to couples in quarantine". TODAY.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  25. ^ "What Were The 'Disturbing' Similarities Between The 'Hollywood Ripper' Murders?". Oxygen Official Site. April 19, 2020. Archived from the original on September 6, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  26. ^ "Sexual Disorientation". sexualdisorientation.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  27. ^ read, Gabe Howard Last updated: 8 Jul 2018 ~ 1 min (February 16, 2017). "PODCAST: Why Does the Narcissist Always Get the Girl?". psychcentral.com. Archived from the original on August 13, 2019. Retrieved May 25, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  28. ^ read, Gabe Howard Last updated: 8 Jul 2018 ~ 2 min (November 9, 2017). "Podcast: Help! My Coworker Is a Narcissist!". psychcentral.com. Retrieved May 25, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  29. ^ 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.
  30. ^ "Speaking of Psychology: Recognizing a narcissist". www.apa.org. Archived from the original on November 29, 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  31. ^ "Progress Notes: Public practice: Sharing your expertise in the media". www.apaservices.org. Archived from the original on September 6, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  32. ^ "Narcissists & Psychopaths - Dr Ramani Durvasula". The Mental Illness Happy Hour. October 4, 2019. Archived from the original on September 6, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  33. ^ "On Purpose with Jay Shetty: Dr. Ramani Durvasula ON: How To Cope With Feelings Of Uncertainty & Grief During A Pandemic on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Archived from the original on September 6, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  34. ^ "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". Apple Podcasts. Archived from the original on September 6, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  35. ^ Mellencamp, Teddi Tea Pod With Teddi. "Don't Fall In Love with a Narcissist – Teddi Tea Pod With Teddi Mellencamp – Podcast". Podtail. Archived from the original on September 6, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  36. ^ "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". Apple Podcasts. Archived from the original on September 6, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  37. ^ a b Wrighton, Tony (September 28, 2020). "Dr. Ramani Durvasala on Narcissism #292". Zestology. Retrieved November 2, 2020.

Works cited

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  • 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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