Documenting Narcissistic Abuse with Katrina Sorrentino The Methodology

Katrina Lillian Sorrentino is an artist working in film, photo, and performance. She produced and shot ‘Crossing Over’, (Univision and Participant) which won a GLAAD award for ‘Outstanding Documentary Spanish Language’. She directed ‘The Curious Life of Bill Mont’, (SXSW, Hot Docs) which was part of Oculus & Facebook’s ‘VR for Good’ program. She is in post-production for ‘We Ride For Her’, a documentary about the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s epidemic in the U.S. and is currently writing ‘Naughty By Nature (NXN), a tragic comedy TV series about two sexually repressed women who “break up” with white male god based on her own story of leaving the Christian church. 
In this episode , I talk with documentary film producer and director, Katrina Sorrentino. We dive into Katrina’s personal experience with narcissistic abuse, which she brilliantly captured in her latest documentary short film, Tidal. Katrina talks in-depth about the making of her documentary and shares with listeners details of her own healing journey and the clinical stages of the cycle of narcissistic abuse.
 
Timestamps
5:23 - Healing from toxic relationships through creativity  10:28 - The “the one” storyline and why it’s problematic  15:21 - What is “love bombing”? Katrina’s experience with love bombing  23:10 - What is “gaslighting” and what it looks like  29:55 - The wake-up call for Katrina to finally get out of her toxic relationship  37:36 - One main thing to look out for in new relationships and Katrina’s advice  53:20 - Katrina’s deep compassion in her healing journey  
Resources Mentioned
Find Tidal the documentary 
Katrina’s Instagram
Katrina’s Website