Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 19 hours ago

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Is lack of empathy genetic? Can it be learned? Diana Diamond describes the connection between pathological narcissism and the three types of empathy: emotional contagion, emotional empathy, and cognitive empathy.

We talked with Diana Diamond about the prevalence of narcissism in our society today, all the way from healthy traits to Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD).

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Diana Diamond is an expert clinician who makes use of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy in her practice treating NPD and BPD.

Check out our interviews of Otto Kernberg and Frank Yeomans for lots more related material: Kernberg: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_L7KEOxOeQ_x4WSfcR6gjUQXCUERcQQw
Yeomans: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_L7KEOxOeQ_-S7lmY2ZepFle6nM5ti4E

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