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On this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse Q&A, we talk with Erica, a behavioral therapist

about transactional analysis theory as related

to coercive control and the toxic narcissist.

Music Welcome to Narcissist Apocalypse Q&A everybody.

I am Brandon Chadwick and today our guest on our show is Erica. And if you

remember Erica, she was actually a guest on our Survivor Story episodes on September 13th,

2021. And it turns out that Erica is also a behavioral therapist. So thank you

for being here today. Thanks for having me back. It's really good to see you again.

Well, it's always great seeing you. We got along pretty well when we talked the first

time. And we talked for a while after because you are a behavioral therapist. We had a lot to

talk about besides just getting along, you know, like two old friends. And today, we're going to be on multiple times, but today we're going to discuss

transactional analysis theory as related to coercive control.

And this is all really interesting stuff.

And we're going to learn a lot.

And it's a different way of

looking at your relationships and looking at, uh, the evenness of relationships. And another way

to spot things or to create boundaries, uh, create just a system of never getting into these things again, but also

being able to look back at your relationships and give them a different perspective of

everyone's role within them.

And it's just a really good learning tool.

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