Brenda Stephens, LPC, is a licensed professional counselor, author, speaker, and trauma therapist specializing in narcissistic abuse recovery, complex trauma, and relational abuse. She is the founder of a group practice, The Trauma Recovery Collaborative and the Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Center, where she provides therapy, support groups, clinical training, and educational resources for survivors and mental health professionals.

Brenda integrates EMDR, Internal Family Systems, somatic approaches, and nervous system regulation into her clinical work. She is the author of Recovering from Narcissistic Mothers: A Daughter’s Guide, The Narcissism Recovery Workbook: Skills for Healing from Emotional Abuse, and Reclamation: A Shadow Work Workbook for Survivors of Narcissistic Abuse. She is licensed in multiple states and regularly presents on narcissistic abuse, coercive control, trauma recovery, and effective clinical treatment for survivors.