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Simon Rogoff
@drsimonrogoff.bsky.social
Clinical psychologist writing about the links between narcissism, trauma, celebrity and leadership. Simonrogoff.substack.com
#psychology #narcissism #trauma
The celebrity sex-offender playbook: chapters 1-3 is posted. Link in profile.
October 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Secrets of the iconic role part B is posted. Part A looked at an iconic actor and an iconic singer. Part B looks at a comedian and an intellectual. How are these roles, for each, intimately linked to childhood trauma? And why? Link in profile.
July 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
What is the magic ingredient behind the role that takes an actor or singer’s talent to a completely new level? What is the secret behind the career-defining role? This two-part article looks at four iconic roles with links to childhood pain. Link in profile.
July 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
My new article, Hitler and the Clown, looks at a unique moment in cinema history: The Great Dictator (1940). The joke of the film was that the comic actor Chaplin and Hitler, apart from their trade mark moustaches, could not be any more different. The truth was quite different. Link in profile.
May 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
What kind of childhood creates an icon who talks so much about aliens? Icon no13. David Bowie part B is posted (see profile)
March 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
David Bowie is my Icon no 13. How does his life long friendship with George Underwood, starting at the age of eight, help us understand him? (Link to article in profile)
February 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM