Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)

NPD often develops as a means to navigate difficult or invalidating childhood environments. People with NPD often consider seeking treatment when they find that their strategies for navigating the world are interfering at work, in family life, or in forming lasting friendships or romantic relationships. There are many effective treatments for NPD all of which focus on skill building, focusing on self-reflection, and understanding the impact of behaviors on relationships. Depending on your history and what has or has not worked in the past, our treatment providers will work with you to select from among the following evidence based treatment approaches: 

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy
• Trauma focused therapies like Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
• Mindful Self Compassion
• Anxiety focused treatments like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Psychodynamic interventions like Brief Psychodynamic Therapy (BPT)