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A Course by Annie Wright, LMFT

Sane After the Sociopath

Your mind keeps trying to stitch two versions of them together. Seam by seam. And they will not fit. This course is where that stops.

3 Modules10 Lessons118-Page Workbook$197

Self-paced · Lifetime access · Trauma-informed psychoeducation

The transformation

You deserved clarity then. You deserve it now.

Before

  • Replaying the relationship looking for the missing clue
  • Wondering if you exaggerated, misunderstood, or caused it
  • Feeling ashamed that you trusted someone dangerous
  • Trying to use narcissistic abuse content that never fully fits
  • Living with a body that still feels on alert

After

  • Naming the clinical pattern without minimizing it
  • Understanding why your body is still reacting
  • Separating self-blame from survival intelligence
  • Rebuilding trust in your own perception
  • Moving forward without needing perfect closure

Does this sound familiar?

What happened to you has a specific clinical profile. And your recovery deserves more than a Reddit thread and a checklist that doesn’t quite fit.

01

Replaying the relationship looking for the missing clue

02

Wondering if you exaggerated, misunderstood, or caused it

03

Feeling ashamed that you trusted someone dangerous

04

Trying to use narcissistic abuse content that never fully fits

05

Living with a body that still feels on alert

06

Narcissistic abuse content helped, but something still didn’t quite fit.

Why this course exists

What happened has a specific pattern. Your recovery map should match the terrain.

In 10 clinically grounded lessons and a 118-page companion workbook, you’ll get the specific clinical framework, the neurobiology, and the recovery map you need — because what you survived is not generic, and your healing deserves a map that actually matches the terrain.

This mini-course gives you a contained, clinically grounded framework so you can stop trying to solve the same loop alone and begin rebuilding clarity, agency, and internal authority.

What you’ll walk away with

Three outcomes that make the course concrete, not vague.

The Clinical Map You’ve Been Missing

Understand the anatomy of antisocial personality disorder — not the pop-psychology caricature, but the real clinical picture: predatory targeting, the constructed persona, the absence of conscience, and why this is categorically different from a relationship with a narcissist.

What Your Body Has Been Trying to Tell You

Get a neurobiological explanation for the startle response, sleeplessness, dread, and chronic symptoms that can follow a predatory relationship, translated into language and regulation tools you can actually use.

The Capacity to Trust Your Own Perception Again

Rebuild self-trust through the Wreckage Inventory, the Protective Intelligence framework, and a clear-eyed understanding of how targeting works so you can vet future relationships with discernment instead of fear.

The curriculum

A smaller sibling to Fixing the Foundations: fewer phases, still a complete arc.

Module OneLessons 1–3

Recognition — Naming What You Were Actually Dealing With

The clinical picture of antisocial personality disorder, the predatory playbook, and the moment of clarity: naming what happened without minimizing or catastrophizing it.

Module TwoLessons 4–7

Recovery — The Wreckage and the Work

The trauma bond, the body after a predatory relationship, the grief of mourning someone who may never have truly existed, and the Wreckage Inventory.

Module ThreeLessons 8–10

Rebuilding — Self-Trust, Protective Intelligence, and the Road Forward

Rebuild self-trust as a daily evidence-based practice, build your Protective Intelligence framework, and understand what genuine post-traumatic growth can look like from here.

What’s included

A focused course you can move through privately, at your own pace.

Your investment

$197
  • 10 Lessons
  • 3 Modules clinical recovery arc
  • 118-Page Workbook
  • Reflection prompts and integration practices
  • Lifetime access
Join the Waitlist

This is for you if…

  • Narcissistic abuse content helped, but something still didn’t quite fit.
  • You deeply trusted someone who turned out to be a careful construction.
  • You know intellectually what happened, but your body still has not gotten the memo.
  • You keep asking why you did not see it or leave sooner.

This may not be for you if…

  • You are in acute crisis or need immediate support.
  • You want validation without clinical nuance.
  • You want a quick fix.

Your guide

Annie Wright, LMFT

Annie Wright is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, relational trauma specialist, executive coach, and W.W. Norton author with more than 15,000 clinical hours. These courses translate clinically grounded frameworks into structured, self-paced education for driven women doing serious recovery work.

Licensed MFT15,000+ Clinical HoursRelational Trauma SpecialistW.W. Norton Author

Common questions

Before you join the waitlist

Does this person need to have been diagnosed as a sociopath?

No. Most people who cause this kind of harm will never receive a formal diagnosis. What matters is whether your lived experience resonates with the pattern.

I’ve already worked through narcissistic abuse content. Is this different?

Yes. Narcissistic abuse and sociopathic abuse overlap, but the mechanisms, targeting, and recovery map are different.

Is this therapy?

No. This is a psychoeducational course. It is not a substitute for therapy, and Annie is not your therapist through this course.

How long do I have access?

Lifetime. You can revisit any lesson as many times as you need.

Join the Waitlist

Sane After the Sociopath

A $197 self-paced mini-course by Annie Wright, LMFT. You deserved clarity then. You deserve it now.