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Der US-amerikanische Psychologe und Autor des Buches Unmasking Narcissism – A guide to understanding the narcissist in your life, Dr. Mark Ettensohn, betreibt einen Youtube-Kanal mit hervorragenden Informationen zum Thema. Anders als nahezu alle, der inzwischen in großer Zahl verfügbaren Kanäle, welche regelmäßig eine dämonisierende Haltung einnehmen, ist Ettensohn bemüht, Narzissmus als die schwere psychische Störung darzustellen, die er ist und zu betonen, was zu oft überhaupt nicht gesagt wird: Auch Narzissten leiden! Sie wollen keine Narzissten sein und haben sich ihre kognitiv-emotionalen Einschränkungen und Barrieren nicht ausgesucht. Es wird empfohlen, mit den ersten, also frühesten Videos im Kanal zu beginnen und sich dann schrittweise neueren zu widmen.

In this Weekly Insight, Dr. Ettensohn reflects on the recent loss of his father. Drawing on both clinical theory and personal experience, he explores how children internalize idealized images of caregivers as a source of safety and reassurance during times of vulnerability. The video examines how these idealizations can provide stability but also carry developmental costs if they are never gradually tempered by ordinary disappointments and the recognition of parental imperfection. Dr. Ettensohn situates this dynamic within the broader context of self-psychology, showing how therapy can become a place where idealized projections are worked through and reclaimed in more realistic form. With psychological nuance and openness, he shares how this process unfolded in his own relationship with his father, moving from idealization toward a fuller recognition of imperfection, accountability, and authentic connection. The goal, as he frames it, is not to reject or diminish the idealized parent, but to integrate those images into a more grounded sense of self and relationship. 🎥 Become a Channel Member to access this and other exclusive videos: https://youtube.com/channel/UCHeT5kujD1JqHRAi-x8xD-w/join Purchase Unmasking Narcissism: A Guide to Understanding the Narcissist in Your Life here: https://amzn.to/3nG9FgH SUBSCRIBE HERE: https://rb.gy/kbhusf LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://rb.gy/cklpum LISTEN ON GOOGLE PODCASTS: https://rb.gy/fotpca LISTEN ON AMAZON MUSIC: https://rb.gy/g4yzh8 VISIT THE WEBSITE: https://www.healnpd.org
From Ideal…to Real: Lessons From My Father
In this video, Dr. Ettensohn expands on his recent video exploring splitting as a dissociative process. Drawing from clinical experience and developmental theory, he addresses a common question: What’s the difference between splitting, identity diffusion, and Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)? Rather than viewing these as separate diagnostic constructs, Dr. Ettensohn presents them as points along a continuum of dissociation. They represent defensive adaptations to overwhelming early experience. He explains why the traditional boundaries between “personality disorders” and “dissociative disorders” may be more fluid than we think. This video continues Dr. Ettensohn’s unique, trauma-informed reframing of narcissistic personality dynamics, offering psychological depth without jargon and compassion without minimization. Purchase Unmasking Narcissism: A Guide to Understanding the Narcissist in Your Life here: https://amzn.to/3nG9FgH SUBSCRIBE HERE: https://rb.gy/kbhusf LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://rb.gy/cklpum LISTEN ON GOOGLE PODCASTS: https://rb.gy/fotpca LISTEN ON AMAZON MUSIC: https://rb.gy/g4yzh8 VISIT THE WEBSITE: https://www.healnpd.org BECOME A MEMBER: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHeT5kujD1JqHRAi-x8xD-w/join
Dissociation is Key: Linking Splitting, DID, BPD, and NPD
Video describing the Heal NPD Companion membership tier: https://youtu.be/L1CN4hcU-8k What if splitting is dissociation? In this video, Dr. Mark Ettensohn offers a groundbreaking perspective on one of the most misunderstood features of pathological narcissism—splitting. Drawing from the work of Philip Bromberg and his own clinical practice, Dr. Ettensohn reframes splitting not as black-and-white thinking, but as a dissociative process rooted in early relational trauma. Rather than treating splitting as a rigid symptom, this video explores how dissociated self-states form when conflicting emotional truths—shame, longing, idealization, rage—cannot safely coexist. What looks like instability or contradiction is actually a protective adaptation. Dr. Ettensohn shows how these self-states develop as compartmentalized responses to unmanageable experience, and how they survive into adulthood, shaping identity, memory, and relationships. Through clear explanation and compassionate framing, he illustrates how healing involves standing in the spaces between self-states, without collapsing into any one of them. Whether you live with these experiences yourself or work with people who do, this video offers a radically humanizing and clinically grounded way to understand dissociation, narcissism, and the divided self. References: Bromberg, P. M. (1996). Standing in the spaces: The multiplicity of self and the psychoanalytic relationship. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 32(4), 509–535. Purchase Unmasking Narcissism: A Guide to Understanding the Narcissist in Your Life here: https://amzn.to/3nG9FgH SUBSCRIBE HERE: https://rb.gy/kbhusf LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://rb.gy/cklpum LISTEN ON GOOGLE PODCASTS: https://rb.gy/fotpca LISTEN ON AMAZON MUSIC: https://rb.gy/g4yzh8 VISIT THE WEBSITE: https://www.healnpd.org BECOME A MEMBER: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHeT5kujD1JqHRAi-x8xD-w/join
What If Splitting Is Dissociation? A New Way to Understand Narcissism
The burden of a false self causes deep isolation. “The self isn't really loved,” as internal realities diverge from external expectations. This creates an existential void, impacting patients far beyond emotional levels. Discover paths toward authenticity. From: https://youtu.be/S_Bpp8FiqaY #authenticity #selflove #mentalhealth #identity #emotionalwellbeing
False Self Isolation #shorts
Is constant exhaustion a sign of false self experience? Discover possible signs, like relentless self-monitoring and the fatigue from maintaining an unnatural persona. Some find clues emerge when they reflect—'trying to get everything just right.' From: https://youtu.be/S_Bpp8FiqaY #FalseSelf #SelfDiscovery #MentalHealth #Therapy #Authenticity #SelfAwareness
False Self: Signs You're Living a Performance #shorts
A person recalls the intense pressure to perform piety in church as a child. 'The expectation wasn't just that they would behave a certain way,' but embody a specific feeling for their parents. From: https://youtu.be/S_Bpp8FiqaY #childhood #church #expectations #familypressure #falseself
Development of the False Self #shorts
Parental gaze holds immense power—it can either reflect a child's true self or project the parent's own desires. When a parent truly sees the child, the child discovers their own selfhood. But what happens when that mirror is distorted by projections? From: https://youtu.be/S_Bpp8FiqaY #Parenting #AttachmentTheory #DonaldWinnicott #SelfDiscovery #falseself
Winnicott's Powerful Insight #shorts
Demand for therapy soars! Now, California residents can access reduced-fee telehealth sessions with carefully selected psychological associates. Grounded in psychodynamic & relational approaches, these therapists offer depth-oriented treatment under expert supervision. 'A way to make depth-oriented treatment more accessible.' #therapy #mentalhealth #telehealth #psychology #california
Depth Therapy Now Available: Meet Our New Associates #shorts
Narcissism demystified: It's not malice, but a mental health condition stemming from fragile self-esteem. Understand reactive behaviors, idealization, and the need for constant validation. Learn how NPD impacts self-perception. It's not "cruelty disguised as charm." From the longer video: https://youtu.be/rrMss4SQ4XY #Narcissism #MentalHealth #NPD #SelfEsteem #Psychology #MentalIllness
Narcissism Explained: Understanding The Mental Illness #shorts
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