NPD Therapy in Action: A Psychologist Breaks Down the Therapy

What does psychotherapy for narcissistic personality disorder actually look like? In this video, I share an excerpt from After Hours with Dr. Ettensohn, my new members-only series where I watch interviews and other narcissism-related content and offer my spontaneous, unscripted thoughts and reactions. For this episode, I watched Dr. Igor Weinberg’s consultation with Jacob Skidmore (The Nameless Narcissist), which offers a rare opportunity to observe something approaching a real therapeutic interaction between an expert in NPD and an individual diagnosed with the disorder. In this excerpt, Weinberg and Skidmore discuss vulnerability, emotional control, and the expectation that closeness with other people will lead to humiliation, rejection, or exploitation. I focus particularly on the moment when Weinberg brings these conflicts out of the past and into the relationship developing between them in the room. I also look at some of the subtler aspects of Weinberg’s approach: how he responds to vulnerability without pushing too quickly, how he joins with Skidmore’s need for psychological protection, and how his nonverbal responses simultaneously acknowledge some of the loss that accompanies that protection. The full 90-minute episode of After Hours with Dr. Ettensohn: NPD Therapy in Action is available to Heal NPD channel members. Become a member:    / @healnpd   Watch the original Borderliner Notes consultation here:   • NPD Therapy in Action | Consult w/ Dr. Igo...