The Black SwanPART I: HISTORYGeneral informationNina is a young white woman, around twenty years old, physically and mentally exhausted because she is a perfectionist and a ballerina in a prestigious company dance. Nina is single, heterosexual, interested in men, and lives with her controlling and obsessive single mother in an apartment in New York. Nina is extremely shy, fearful and overly sheltered. She lives with her mother, who is angry and still upset that she had to give up her own dancing career at a young age due to becoming pregnant. Because of this, Nina suffered physical abuse from her overbearing mother. Nina's mother constantly bursts into her room, depriving her of all privacy. Nina is not allowed to go out late at night, and because her mother is so strict, she doesn't have many close friends and she has never had a romantic relationship. Right after practice, she goes straight home and sits in her room, constantly thinking about how she can become a better ballerina. Nina's only source of income comes from the productions in which she dances. Nina was cast as the lead in the production Swan Lake which requires Nina to have two completely different personalities, the Black Swan, who is the evil twin, and the White Swan. swan, who is the good twin. The white swan image for Nina is extremely easy because she is an innocent and naive perfectionist, but the black swan image is what exhausts her because it is extremely difficult for her to let go and "lose herself." Due to her inability to let go, Nina is unable to please her manager and he becomes abusive and very sexual towards Nina. Because of...... middle of paper ......A., Cardaciotto, L., & Newman, C. (2012). The dynamics of self-esteem in cognitive therapy for avoidant and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders: an adaptive role of self-esteem variability?. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 36(4), 272-281. doi:10.1007/s10608-011-9375-xFear, C. and Libretto, S. (2009). Risperidone for the treatment of delusional disorders. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 6(2), 113-116. doi:10.1080/136515002753724126Gentile, M. (2010). Anorexia nervosa: identification, main characteristics and treatment. Nutritional therapy and metabolism, 28(4), 185-192.O'Connor, K., Stip, E., Pélissier, M., Aardema, F., Guay, S., Gaudette, G., & ... Leblanc, V. (2008). Treating delusional disorders: A comparison of cognitive-behavioral therapy and placebo control of attention. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 52(3), 182-190.