NPD Therapy Consult: Tessa & Dr. Karen Jacob
First meeting between Tessa (dx'd with NPD) and expert clinician Dr. Karen Jacob.
Tessa has never had a female therapist, and issues of trauma around women surface when she's faced with Karen.
Themes include dysregulated self-esteem, image-management, humiliation, fear of judgment, hatred of a "past self," controlling social interactions, using people for selfies and "coolness," fear of being ordinary, loneliness, struggling for connection.
Includes 2 pieces: 1 consult session and 1 debrief w/ Tessa.
Each piece is presented in two versions: Version A (fully edited, single-frame) and Version B (extended cut, split-screen).
This consult and accompanying debriefs comprise:
58min of Version A material // yellow border
1hr 18min of Version B material // pink border
For more info on the PD Project and the participants: https://mndflds.com/thepdproject
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Tessa's NPD Therapy Consult w/ Dr. Karen Jacob
0:00 Intro / Healing from Trauma
3:02 Shutting Down / Struggling to Label Feelings / Avoiding her Diagnosis
6:35 Trauma with Women / Competition / Fear of Judgment
15:03 Struggling to Want Connection / Fear of Being a Fraud / Using People for Selfies
17:33 Safety Strategies / Waiting Until People... -
Debrief w/ Tessa After Her Consult w/ Dr. Karen Jacob
0:00 "It Was Everything I didn't Expect" / Expectations of Control
2:06 Feeling "Looked Down On" / Getting Defensive
6:20 What She Got Out of the Session w/ Karen -
Tessa's NPD Therapy Consult w/ Dr. Karen Jacob // Split-Screen
0:00 Intro / Healing from Trauma
2:59 Shutting Down / Struggling to Label Feelings / Avoiding her Diagnosis
6:32 Trauma with Women / Competition / Fear of Judgment
15:16 Struggling to Want Connection / Fear of Being a Fraud / Using People for Selfies
17:48 Safety Strategies / Waiting Until People... -
Debrief w/ Tessa After Her Consult w/ Dr. Jacob // Extended Split-Screen
0:00 Intro / "It Was Everything I didn't Expect" / Expectations of Control / EMDR
6:12 Feeling "Looked Down On" / Getting Defensive
10:24 Getting Triggered & Showing Emotions / Jacob Comparisons
21:54 What She Got Out of the Session w/ Karen / Outro
