Narcissistic Personality (NPD) Therapists in 02038
We may be facing relational tensions, challenges with addiction, or feeling anxious and depressed but unsure of the cause. No matter what we’re struggling with, we all need a person we can talk honestly and openly about our lives with. Our therapists at Handel Behavioral Health in Franklin are here to guide you in a collaborative way to a place of connection, understanding, and growth. As you work with one of our therapists in Franklin, you will cultivate self-awareness, examining with compassion and honesty, your inner strengths to meet life’s challenges, as well as the old patterns that may be delaying your growth.
We may be facing relational tensions, challenges with addiction, or feeling anxious and depressed but unsure of the cause. No matter what we’re struggling with, we all need a person we can talk honestly and openly about our lives with. Our therapists at Handel Behavioral Health in Franklin are here to guide you in a collaborative way to a place of connection, understanding, and growth. As you work with one of our therapists in Franklin, you will cultivate self-awareness, examining with compassion and honesty, your inner strengths to meet life’s challenges, as well as the old patterns that may be delaying your growth.
Colleen A Teague
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Franklin, MA 02038 (Online Only)
My style is warm and casual, creating a dialogue that results in mutual insight and understanding. I like to use humor while providing an inviting environment to explore the problems and succeqsses of your life. My approach is based in the Psychodynamic, Person-centered and Relational traditions in therapy but I also focus on helping people build skills to navigate the issues we experience in life through Cognitive Behavioral interventions.
My style is warm and casual, creating a dialogue that results in mutual insight and understanding. I like to use humor while providing an inviting environment to explore the problems and succeqsses of your life. My approach is based in the Psychodynamic, Person-centered and Relational traditions in therapy but I also focus on helping people build skills to navigate the issues we experience in life through Cognitive Behavioral interventions.
Things are really intense and scary in the world these days. And there’s a tremendous amount of grief, loss and anxiety that many of us are dealing with on all of levels. Because of that reality it might be hard to feel OK about the places in your life where you are doing well and feeling joy. Are you seeking personal growth or professional development to address barriers to desired outcomes? Interested in living a life of purpose and meaning through choice and action? Wanting to engage in deep emotional and spiritual healing?
Things are really intense and scary in the world these days. And there’s a tremendous amount of grief, loss and anxiety that many of us are dealing with on all of levels. Because of that reality it might be hard to feel OK about the places in your life where you are doing well and feeling joy. Are you seeking personal growth or professional development to address barriers to desired outcomes? Interested in living a life of purpose and meaning through choice and action? Wanting to engage in deep emotional and spiritual healing?
Elizabeth Quigley, LICSW, New Inspiration
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Franklin, MA 02038
You want to feel better and do better in your life, and now, perhaps more than ever, you need someone – someone REALLY helpful – “in your corner” to help you turn things around. I’m willing and able to do just that. Together, we can do this: I use a range of solution-focused approaches: treatments that work (CBT, DBT, and whatever else works). We’ll figure out exactly how you’ve “gotten here,” plan a way out, and I’ll guide you along the way…as we activate your strengths and your inner resources to live a better life. I work with adults, teens, and families and I’m available immediately to give you the help you need and deserve.
You want to feel better and do better in your life, and now, perhaps more than ever, you need someone – someone REALLY helpful – “in your corner” to help you turn things around. I’m willing and able to do just that. Together, we can do this: I use a range of solution-focused approaches: treatments that work (CBT, DBT, and whatever else works). We’ll figure out exactly how you’ve “gotten here,” plan a way out, and I’ll guide you along the way…as we activate your strengths and your inner resources to live a better life. I work with adults, teens, and families and I’m available immediately to give you the help you need and deserve.
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Narcissistic Personality (NPD) Therapists
What type of therapy is best for narcissistic personality disorder?
Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is best treated with talk therapy, which could involve cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, schema therapy, gestalt therapy, or similar approaches. A therapist will help a patient uncover the feelings that may drive their behavior and discover how to engage with themselves and those around them with greater empathy and understanding, fewer demands, and less defensiveness, with the goal of developing a more authentic sense of self that enables healthier relationships.
How do therapists treat NPD?
By developing a strong therapeutic relationship, and continually focusing patients on relationships, community, and connection, a therapist, through talk therapy, may be able to help someone with NPD change. In sessions, a therapist will help an individual achieve relief from their current stressors, including the treatment of co-occurring conditions such as anxiety or depression. A therapist may also help an individual to recognize unhealthy coping mechanisms, learn new ways of interacting with others, and eventually become able to feel and display empathy.
Can a narcissist be cured with therapy?
Therapy can be effective. After a serious setback or great loss, someone with NPD may be forced to recognize that they are not immune to life’s challenges. That can spur feelings of melancholy and depression that lead them to seek professional help. Once an individual decides to seek help, they have already taken a step that the majority of those with NPD never will. Still, people with NPD often quit therapy as they naturally resist feeling vulnerable, being challenged, or admitting to flaws.
How can you get narcissistic personality disorder treatment for someone?
It is notoriously difficult to convince someone with NPD to seek help. With their feelings of superiority, they may be unlikely to recognize or acknowledge that they have a problem, or that their problem is narcissism. Sometimes, they are aware that they are arrogant and that others resent them but they don’t see it as a problem because they are convinced of their superiority. People with NPD have trouble maintaining relationships, but family members and others who do feel close to them, and whose presence they value, may be able to encourage them to seek therapy.