Narcissistic Personality Disorder is an inflated sense of self-importance and issues feeling empathy for others and a need for constant praise and attention. These features make interpersonal relationships extremely difficult for people with Narcissistic Personality Disorder, which can have a detrimental effect in all areas of life.
Often, people with NPD are sensitive to criticism and underneath their grandiose exterior is a great deal of self-consciousness.
Available Treatment Options
Therapist interventions for people with NPD include attempting to get the person to be aware of the consequences of their behaviors, processing emotions related to the hurt they may have caused, and developing strategies to engage in healthy behavior patterns in relationships.
Therapists Who Specialize in Helping Those Who Struggle With Narcissistic Personality
I have a special interest in the family system and how that affects each individual. This includes psychotherapeutic treatment of couples, parents and their children. My goal going into each session with my clients is to help them feel, think and act more positively and have an overall improved quality of life than when they originally came to see me. The therapeutic relationship is one of the...
Psychotherapy is an opportunity to experience an awareness of yourself and the obstacles that hinder your emotional growth and connection to others. In this courageous journey, the match between you and your therapist is essential. I view our work as an important collaborative journey and welcome all of your experiences. We will work together to identify your goals as well engage in a meaningfu...
For some people, therapy may immediately offer an inviting space to share thoughts and feelings that they might not feel safe to share in other relationships. Others may view therapy as a sign of personal failure in not being able to solve life problems on one's own. I have worked with clients at both ends of this spectrum, including the most reluctant of beginners. I believe that therapy can...
When a client comes to me for psychotherapy the first goal is to fully understand the nature of their discontent in the context of a warm, open, nonjudgmental space. We work together to create a vision of what it will look like when the client is feeling more content, and then within the therapeutic relationship move toward change that will realize the client's vision. I am a combination of war...
Hello, and welcome. It takes courage to call and ask for a counseling appointment. If you come to see me you can expect professional, supportive counseling to help you along life's confusing path. I create an atmosphere that is caring, compassionate and not-judgmental, a place where your thoughts and feelings will be honored and understood. We will explore the difficulties you are facing and yo...
My style as a therapist can best be described as eclectic, as I draw from a variety of techniques and theoretical orientations. That being said I tend to be highly client centered, which means I assume clients are the authorities about their own systems. In therapy, it's my job to describe what the science of psychology has to offer given the presenting problem and my professional experience in...
My belief is that you have the potential to change and become more of the person you most want to be. To that end, you and I will build a trusting relationship based on compassion, respect and collaboration. Together we will cultivate your awareness of the negative thoughts and emotions that are serving as obstacles to realizing your greater potential.I will provide mindfulness-based strategies...
In our practice we work with children, adolescents, and adults dealing with a variety of issues. We have experience conducting a variety of comprehensive psychological, neuropsychological, cognitive, and substance use evaluations. We have experience conducting psychological testing of patients of all ages, including but are not limited to: Personality, Diagnostic Clarification, Intelligence,...
We are Bay Area Gestalt Institute (BAGI), a non-profit collective of highly trained marriage and family therapists and associates, providing affordable psychotherapy throughout the Bay Area. We offer counseling to individuals, couples, families, and children. Our work is active, creative and holistic. Our therapists work with a variety of issues including: * Relationship Issues * Anxiety *...
Are your ready and willing to make a change for the better in your life? Do you have an open mind to do something that is different from what they have been doing in the past to make their life better? If yes,then let's start the process of making you a better you. I am accepting new clients. I do phone consultations which are free and take no more than ten minutes. You can schedule a time via...
My primary area of specialty involves psychotherapy for individuals with bipolar disorder (individual therapy, couples and/or family sessions pertaining to the disorder). In terms of broader practice areas, my work is directed towards depressive disorders, personality disorders, adjustment and transition issues (employment change, empty nesting, death of a loved one, divorce, geographic...
I specialize in helping people cultivate their strengths and improve relationships. Perhaps you are experiencing an unexpected challenge, or are in a relationship that is falling apart. Perhaps raising children has become stressful, or you are unhappy without understanding why. I have helped individuals and couples who are feeling disconnected, dealing with affairs, or overwhelmed by stress....
In these challenging times anxiety, depression and uncertainty have become familiar. Are you quarantened with family members or a partner and experiencing daily issues? Ae you alone and feeling overwhelmed and lonely? If so, let me give you some tools to enable you to overcome these intense feelings of depression, anxiety, and confusion. Through our work together, I will help you develop the...
I see my role as a therapist as helping clients discover their true selves by understanding the impact that the past has on current relationships. I believe that therapy should be a nonjudgmental place in which people feel comfortable to explore aspects of themselves that they may keep hidden from others. Through the transforming power of a therapeutic relationship, people can heal from past...
I believe our most troubling attitudes and behavior are meant to protect us from real emotional threats or to help us achieve certain experiences that are vital to our growth. I help clients understand their experiences in the world in terms of these important functions. In dialogue with me clients come to recognize how their most important relationships have shaped the way they think, feel, an...
