Narcissistic Personality (NPD) Therapists in Calabasas, CA

Welcome! Narcissistic parenting (or partner) recovery can be scary and overwhelming. Battling the shame that keeps us stuck in our assigned role and conditioning. Maybe you experience more empathy for others than yourself. Maybe you struggle with feeling angry or setting boundaries. Or maybe you feel guilty or apologize frequently for being yourself. Maybe you have a relentless inner critic that doesn't let you experience a quiet, peaceful mind. Maybe you feel dissociated from yourself or your environment. Maybe you don't know how you feel or trust your emotions. Maybe you fear making mistakes around others.

Welcome. Whatever you might be going through or wondering about, it is worthy of attention and care. I see therapy as a non-shaming, collaborative process that invites you to come home to yourself. I work relationally, meaning our relationship is a central part of the work. I value candid communication as I believe it allows us to explore the your experiences with genuine trust and depth. I aim to help clients heal from developmental trauma, disrupt unwanted patterns, and live more authentically and joyfully.

Is an early childhood wound or past relationship trauma triggering your present relationships? Are you having difficulty saying no or can't set boundaries? Are you struggling with anxiety, depression. trauma, or an anxious or avoidant attachment style? Are you trying to let go of a toxic, codependent, or narcissistic relationship? If you answered YES, I am here to help. As a leading mental health expert, my TV appearances include: Vh1’s Celebrity Rehab, CNN, Inside Edition, E!News, & Access Live. Whether seeking individual or relationship counseling, I can help you heal from the past so you can live a more fulfilling life today.

As a child I was always very sensitive and curious about the world that surrounded me. It came natural to help people and I knew that I wanted to give back to the world at large. Just like you I suffered from some childhood wounds. My parents did the best they could with the tools they had. But due to their struggles I became a very codependent child wanting to save and fix my parents to simply gain the love I desired. Later on I would be able to understand this cycle and name some of the patterns I lived out. People pleasing, losing myself in toxic relationships and not fully loving that little girl inside of me.

I take time to know my clients in the total context of their lives, not just their diagnosis and symptoms. I build comfortable, in-depth professional relationships with great safety and trust by focusing on what matters to my clients and tracking our work, session to session. This working part of therapy is about co-investigating beliefs, patterns of thinking and behaving, clarifying personal values and practicing new skills and ways of being. I am direct and lend accurate guidance to help clients take planned steps. Many clients are awe-inspired by their capacities to reflect and create change in their lives. This is powerful!

I help adults and kids facing crises, crossroads, painful life changes, relationship problems, trauma, depression, anxiety, and loss. I am trained in depth psychology and mindfulness meditation and combine these points of view for an open, grounded therapy approach that supports deep and lasting inner change.

As a therapist, I value and create a safe, nurturing, and empathic environment for individuals, couples, and families to explore underlying issues to relationship problems, depression, anxiety, grief and loss, and addictions. I am trained & certified in EMDR, which helps a person to quickly move through recent and past trauma and successfully overcome symptoms related to PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder). We'll work together to help you find a healthy balance between body, mind, and emotions that allow for success in relationships and work, self-empowerment, and to live a life full of hope, meaning, and purpose.

Mindfulpath Inc is a healing space encompassed by a variety of treatment professionals, providing a wide array of services, and working as one connected team to provide quality mental health care. Our community of practitioners make available a wide array of services from individual and group therapy to nutrition and yoga all in one location.  Mindfulpath understands there is no one healing modality that works for all. We take the time to get to know YOU based on YOUR uniqueness and together we create a customized plan to best suit your needs as you walk on YOUR mindfulpath. 

While talking about your feelings with friends and family may be comforting, that may not completely tackle your emotional needs and complications. Seeing a professional therapist can help to alleviate your emotional distress from difficult situations. My mission is to provide support and space for healing while counseling you and your family in a non-judgmental and safe environment.

If you are dealing with anxiety, depression, self doubt, grief, past trauma, difficult life transition, or if you are stuck repeating the same self-destructive patterns that create shame and sabotages your goals or relationships, then starting therapy is the first brave step to long lasting and meaningful change. I create a warm, supportive, non-judgmental environment, and work in a collaborative style with my clients. I help to dismantle harmful core beliefs, activate their inherent strengths, learn new coping skills and perspectives in order to grow in resilience, overcome struggles and empower themselves by raising self worth.

Hi! My name is Dr. Catherine Barrett and I have a dual focus in clinical and forensic psychology, as well as a background in marriage and family therapy. My practice focuses on young adults and adults working through various issues including coercive control and CPTSD, addictive and compulsive behaviors, anxiety, and chronic mental illness. I have 16 years of experience working with families and individuals as well as helping teens prepare for the adult world. I am LGBTQ+ affirmative and social justice oriented. My goal is to help people find healthier and happier ways to lead their lives. I am a consultant and expert for attorneys

You or a family member are not as happy as you wish. You feel alone, sad, anxious, depressed, frustrated - you may know why, but you are stuck and aren't sure how to change it. I can help you. We will work together to eradicate your negative feelings and create more adaptive ways to address your challenges. Through interactive, safe, regular meetings, we will access your deeper feelings, work through them and find more positive ways to deal with the challenges that come your way.

I am not currently taking new clients. I believe that a successful therapeutic relationship is based on careful listening and honest feedback. I help clients cultivate authentic relationships in their lives; both with themselves and others. I work collaboratively with clients to identify and achieve their goals by meeting them where they are in the present moment.

Therapy works. Emotional relief is possible. Changing your life is possible. It takes hard work, dedication, and support from someone who really cares. That's what I offer. I believe that in looking at how we relate to others and ourselves both now and throughout our lives up until this point, we can come to a greater understanding of ourselves and therefore can change. I cater my approach to the individual, couple, family, or group as I get to know you and your needs. When appropriate, I also use dream analysis, meditation, play therapy, and art therapy.

Whether you feel stuck in your relationship/s, experiencing stress and anxiety, feeling sad, struggling with your partner and/or parenting raising a child with ADHD, we can work together and identify the source of what brought you in to therapy, identify your goals, and explore best possible solutions that will help you feel successful. I creatively integrate a relational model and scientifically proven cognitive behavior techniques which will allow clients gain insight and acquire tools for a positive change in their lives. Together we can find your true growth potential so you can lead a fulfilling life that is worth celebrating.

I am accepting new patients via Telemedicine as the need for mental health support is stronger today than ever. My style is grounded in empathy, listening, and compassion, with a dash of humor central to building a trusting alliance. I work with adults and couples; my doctoral project focused on treating violent couples in highly conflictual relationships in a conjoint setting examining the role of aggression and masochism in relationships. Another area of my expertise is working with individuals and families who are struggling with addiction and addiction-related predicaments.

As a seasoned professional, I offer you understanding, guidance and support based upon my many decades as a counselor, lawyer, businessman, husband, father and evolving person. It's likely that I can help you get to the root of your problem and develop new and successful ways to manage better in your life.

Neuro-Psychotherapy: This unique therapeutic modality combines psychotherapy with a brain and behavior perspective. The integrative format helps you better understand your brain patterns in relationship to your behavior and emotional output. This information will help you to permanently correct the negative feeling or behavior, allowing you to establish positive patterns instead. We offer individual, family and couples therapy to children, adolescents and adults with the following problems or difficulties: sadness/depression, mood swings, anxiety (panic attacks), social phobia, poor social skills, OCD, substance abuse (relapse prevention), video game/internet/pornography addiction, gambling, eating disorders, sleep difficulties, impulsivity, anger problems, relationship issues, trauma/abuse, PTSD.

The goal to good therapy work is in creating a safe therapeutic relationship of deep listening and empathy. Empathy is a strange and powerful thing. There is no script. There is no right way or wrong way to do it. It's simply deep listening, holding space, withholding judgement, emotionally connecting, and communicating that incredibly healing message of, "You are not not alone." Take some time to heal. Give me a call and let's begin to re-write your story.