The Congregation

[Jones]

This is an SBS series suggested by Dr. Karen Mitchell as portraying Persistent Predatory Personality, in this case the female lead. It also shows how an individual's vulnerabilities are used against them and how the PPP can induce others to do things that are against their own morals. There's two seasons of six episodes each and it can be viewed on SBS on Demand and is apparently also available on Amazon Prime. Set in Sweden with English subtitles, and trigger warning - it contains murder, adultery, paedophilia and toxic levels of control and manipulation.

The story is apparently based on the Knutby Murders in Sweden in 2004.

Dr Mitchell on the series:

“The Congregation”, currently on SBS in Australia, is an exceptionally good illustration of the mindset & behaviours of dark personalities (narcissists/psychopaths).It shows how they gain power over others through a mix of kindness & rejection & how they drive people to suicide.

It also shows how dark personalities create a larger-than-life persona; how they target vulnerable people; how they manipulate other people‘s lives and relationships; how they use others for their own sexual pleasure; how they often link themselves to God, Jesus, or some other being of greatness; how they often accumulate material wealth at the expense of others; how they must have control at all costs; how they punish those who challenge this control; how they genuinely believe in their own greatness.