Narcissistic Personality (NPD) Therapists in Toronto, ON
Are you tired of hearing that the most toxic person in your life is a ‘nice’ person, when you know that they are actually narcissistic, intimidating, controlling and egotistical?
I work with you to help you discover who you are and what you want, so that you can create the life that you desire. Our work focuses on taking steps so that you can: 1. Free yourself from the cycle of emotional abuse. 2. Gain control of your life and reclaim your personal power. 3. Become the person you were always meant to be.
Are you tired of hearing that the most toxic person in your life is a ‘nice’ person, when you know that they are actually narcissistic, intimidating, controlling and egotistical?
I work with you to help you discover who you are and what you want, so that you can create the life that you desire. Our work focuses on taking steps so that you can: 1. Free yourself from the cycle of emotional abuse. 2. Gain control of your life and reclaim your personal power. 3. Become the person you were always meant to be.
Raised by a narcissistic or emotionally immature parent?
Using Bowen family-systems, IFS parts work, the Gottman Method, existential inquiry, CBT, and mindfulness, I tailor 50-minute sessions that target the roots—not just the symptoms—of scapegoating, system anxiety, and relationship turmoil. You’ll leave each meeting with a concrete practice: boundary scripts, nervous-system resets, or partner dialogue guides.
Raised by a narcissistic or emotionally immature parent?
Using Bowen family-systems, IFS parts work, the Gottman Method, existential inquiry, CBT, and mindfulness, I tailor 50-minute sessions that target the roots—not just the symptoms—of scapegoating, system anxiety, and relationship turmoil. You’ll leave each meeting with a concrete practice: boundary scripts, nervous-system resets, or partner dialogue guides.
Hi, hello - welcome! Here to give you more than a therapy space, but also a place where you get to slow down, reconnect with yourself, and explore what feels true to you. Therapy with me isn’t about rushing or fixing; it’s about walking alongside you at your pace, with curiosity, care, and compassion. Your goals, your pace, your story — this is the motto behind my therapy at Mindful With You
I aim to show up as someone who feels easy to talk to — someone who listens deeply, values your story, and meets you exactly where you are. You dont have to have the right words or know where to start. We’ll figure that out together.
Hi, hello - welcome! Here to give you more than a therapy space, but also a place where you get to slow down, reconnect with yourself, and explore what feels true to you. Therapy with me isn’t about rushing or fixing; it’s about walking alongside you at your pace, with curiosity, care, and compassion. Your goals, your pace, your story — this is the motto behind my therapy at Mindful With You
I aim to show up as someone who feels easy to talk to — someone who listens deeply, values your story, and meets you exactly where you are. You dont have to have the right words or know where to start. We’ll figure that out together.
These patterns are often described as emotional immaturity or narcissistic dynamics, but we focus on what’s happening underneath and how they affect relationships and the people we care about.
Are you trying to be a good partner or father—but finding yourself shutting down, getting defensive, or repeating patterns you regret? Maybe conversations escalate quickly, you withdraw when things get emotional, or it feels like you’re walking on eggshells trying to avoid conflict. You may have been told you’re hard to talk to or emotionally unavailable. Part of you feels frustrated, blamed, or misunderstood—while another part knows something isn’t working. You don’t want to keep hurting the people you care about or lose your relationship—but you’re not sure how to change what’s happening.
These patterns are often described as emotional immaturity or narcissistic dynamics, but we focus on what’s happening underneath and how they affect relationships and the people we care about.
Are you trying to be a good partner or father—but finding yourself shutting down, getting defensive, or repeating patterns you regret? Maybe conversations escalate quickly, you withdraw when things get emotional, or it feels like you’re walking on eggshells trying to avoid conflict. You may have been told you’re hard to talk to or emotionally unavailable. Part of you feels frustrated, blamed, or misunderstood—while another part knows something isn’t working. You don’t want to keep hurting the people you care about or lose your relationship—but you’re not sure how to change what’s happening.
I specialize in giving individual psychotherapy for the victims of trauma and narcissistic abuse.
In-person sessions now available! Wed and Thurs sessions available in central downtown Toronto at 258 Dupont St, across from Dupont subway station. Mon/Tues/Sat sessions available at The Therapy Hub at 4257 Sherwoodtowne Bld, Suite 200, in Mississauga near Square One. Free consultations available online or Wed/Thurs at the Dupont office.
I specialize in giving individual psychotherapy for the victims of trauma and narcissistic abuse.
In-person sessions now available! Wed and Thurs sessions available in central downtown Toronto at 258 Dupont St, across from Dupont subway station. Mon/Tues/Sat sessions available at The Therapy Hub at 4257 Sherwoodtowne Bld, Suite 200, in Mississauga near Square One. Free consultations available online or Wed/Thurs at the Dupont office.
My work is informed not only by clinical training, but also by lived experience. I am an immigrant and a survivor of war, and I have engaged extensively in my own trauma-focused therapeutic work. This dual perspective allows me to understand, with depth and discernment, the psychological impact of conflict, displacement, and prolonged survival states.
Many individuals I work with are highly capable and resilient—often strong, responsible, and outwardly composed—yet internally burdened by unresolved trauma, emotional fatigue, or entrenched relational patterns shaped by survival.
My work is informed not only by clinical training, but also by lived experience. I am an immigrant and a survivor of war, and I have engaged extensively in my own trauma-focused therapeutic work. This dual perspective allows me to understand, with depth and discernment, the psychological impact of conflict, displacement, and prolonged survival states.
Many individuals I work with are highly capable and resilient—often strong, responsible, and outwardly composed—yet internally burdened by unresolved trauma, emotional fatigue, or entrenched relational patterns shaped by survival.
I can help with a range of challenges including depression/anxiety, questions around identity and or sexuality, grief and loss, trauma, relationship issues, and divorce/separation, parenting, and issues of self worth. My approach is supportive, compassionate, gentle, and direct. I work with clients to co-create a space where self- exploration, growth and healing are possible in dealing with your current issues. My hope is to leave you with skills and self-awareness that will better serve you in dealing with current life events and relationships. Being a witness to your transformation is one of the greatest joys of my life.
I can help with a range of challenges including depression/anxiety, questions around identity and or sexuality, grief and loss, trauma, relationship issues, and divorce/separation, parenting, and issues of self worth. My approach is supportive, compassionate, gentle, and direct. I work with clients to co-create a space where self- exploration, growth and healing are possible in dealing with your current issues. My hope is to leave you with skills and self-awareness that will better serve you in dealing with current life events and relationships. Being a witness to your transformation is one of the greatest joys of my life.
Are you looking for support with partner betrayal trauma, loss of trust & intimacy, sex addiction, porn addiction, infidelity, narcissistic abuse and/or coercive control.
I completed my education & training with the International Institute for Trauma & Addiction Professionals receiving my credentials as a Sex Addiction Therapist & Partner Trauma Therapist. This level of education is rare & the highest & most in-depth training currently available. My training helps clients make strong foundational changes.
Are you looking for support with partner betrayal trauma, loss of trust & intimacy, sex addiction, porn addiction, infidelity, narcissistic abuse and/or coercive control.
I completed my education & training with the International Institute for Trauma & Addiction Professionals receiving my credentials as a Sex Addiction Therapist & Partner Trauma Therapist. This level of education is rare & the highest & most in-depth training currently available. My training helps clients make strong foundational changes.
Raquel Soteldo, MA, ABA, PMP, Registered Psychotherapist, Certified Narcissistic Abuse Treatment Clinician, and Family Mediator, provides trauma-informed clinical supervision.
Supervision is often sought during advanced stages of professional development, periods of transition, or when clinical work becomes increasingly complex. Many therapists seek a supervisory relationship that supports reflective practice, advanced case conceptualization, and the integration of trauma-informed and attachment-based frameworks into their work. Supervision may focus on ethical decision-making, relational dynamics, and clinical competency, while also fostering professional identity, confidence, and sustainable, ethical long-term practice.
Raquel Soteldo, MA, ABA, PMP, Registered Psychotherapist, Certified Narcissistic Abuse Treatment Clinician, and Family Mediator, provides trauma-informed clinical supervision.
Supervision is often sought during advanced stages of professional development, periods of transition, or when clinical work becomes increasingly complex. Many therapists seek a supervisory relationship that supports reflective practice, advanced case conceptualization, and the integration of trauma-informed and attachment-based frameworks into their work. Supervision may focus on ethical decision-making, relational dynamics, and clinical competency, while also fostering professional identity, confidence, and sustainable, ethical long-term practice.
Since 2014 and with over 10,000 clinical hours working exclusively with narcissistic abuse clients, I have developed The Structured Recovery Protocol - a structured, trauma-informed approach designed to support clarity, nervous system stabilization, trauma processing, and recovery.
If you are functioning well in your professional and daily life, yet continue to experience the effects of a confusing or distressing relationship, you may not require open-ended therapy. A focused, structured approach may be more effective.
Since 2014 and with over 10,000 clinical hours working exclusively with narcissistic abuse clients, I have developed The Structured Recovery Protocol - a structured, trauma-informed approach designed to support clarity, nervous system stabilization, trauma processing, and recovery.
If you are functioning well in your professional and daily life, yet continue to experience the effects of a confusing or distressing relationship, you may not require open-ended therapy. A focused, structured approach may be more effective.
I also specialize in ADHD, particularly in women, and narcissistic abuse recovery.
Hey, I know starting therapy can feel super intimidating. The idea of opening up to someone you’ve never met? Yeah, totally nerve-wracking. As a therapist and someone who’s been on the therapy couch myself, I get how overwhelming that first step can be. That’s why I show up as a real person first, no judgment, no clinical coldness, just a space where you can be authentically you.
I also specialize in ADHD, particularly in women, and narcissistic abuse recovery.
Hey, I know starting therapy can feel super intimidating. The idea of opening up to someone you’ve never met? Yeah, totally nerve-wracking. As a therapist and someone who’s been on the therapy couch myself, I get how overwhelming that first step can be. That’s why I show up as a real person first, no judgment, no clinical coldness, just a space where you can be authentically you.
My practice centers on Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT), a transformative approach that fosters self-awareness and strengthens relationships by helping clients understand their own minds and those of others. Drawing from MBT’s structured yet empathic framework, I guide clients through challenges like anxiety, trauma, or personality disorders, creating a safe space for meaningful change. I also integrate exposure-based trauma-focused therapy to address specific needs, tailoring each session to your unique goals.
My practice centers on Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT), a transformative approach that fosters self-awareness and strengthens relationships by helping clients understand their own minds and those of others. Drawing from MBT’s structured yet empathic framework, I guide clients through challenges like anxiety, trauma, or personality disorders, creating a safe space for meaningful change. I also integrate exposure-based trauma-focused therapy to address specific needs, tailoring each session to your unique goals.
Healing the impacts of narcissistic abuse, such as toxic shame, resentment, constant self-doubt, self-gaslighting, confusion, and self-abandonment, transforms your life.
From my lived & client experience for 10+ years, I guide others to heal the debilitating emotional and physical health impacts of narcissistic abuse. I help you see blind spots in your relationship patterns, healing trauma stored in your body, how to navigate or repair difficult relationships and to create healthy boundaries. I help you find yourself again.
Healing the impacts of narcissistic abuse, such as toxic shame, resentment, constant self-doubt, self-gaslighting, confusion, and self-abandonment, transforms your life.
From my lived & client experience for 10+ years, I guide others to heal the debilitating emotional and physical health impacts of narcissistic abuse. I help you see blind spots in your relationship patterns, healing trauma stored in your body, how to navigate or repair difficult relationships and to create healthy boundaries. I help you find yourself again.
Family relationships shaped by narcissistic dynamics often leave lasting emotional and developmental impacts.
Raquel Soteldo, MA, ABA, PMP, Registered Psychotherapist, Certified Narcissistic Abuse Treatment Clinician, and Family Mediator offers family systems therapy for narcissistic abuse. Therapy focuses on attachment security, relational patterns, developmental impacts, and trauma-informed healing.
Family relationships shaped by narcissistic dynamics often leave lasting emotional and developmental impacts.
Raquel Soteldo, MA, ABA, PMP, Registered Psychotherapist, Certified Narcissistic Abuse Treatment Clinician, and Family Mediator offers family systems therapy for narcissistic abuse. Therapy focuses on attachment security, relational patterns, developmental impacts, and trauma-informed healing.
Borderline, Narcissistic, and Avoidant Personality Disorders (BPD, NPD, and APD), complex trauma, autism, and undiagnosed ADHD can lead to insomnia, addictions, anger issues, major depression, and crippling social anxiety.
You're doing your best. Despite the brave front, you're wondering if anyone really sees you, hears you, or understands you. In moments of deep honesty, you admit to yourself that you've been feeling this way for a long, long time. A friend of yours, a family member, maybe even your partner has told you that "You could use some help." You've googled your symptoms and downloaded apps, but you're really not sure what's going on with you. You've even tried therapy before, but it only seemed to scratch the surface. You're not alone, believe me: you sound like most of my clients.
Borderline, Narcissistic, and Avoidant Personality Disorders (BPD, NPD, and APD), complex trauma, autism, and undiagnosed ADHD can lead to insomnia, addictions, anger issues, major depression, and crippling social anxiety.
You're doing your best. Despite the brave front, you're wondering if anyone really sees you, hears you, or understands you. In moments of deep honesty, you admit to yourself that you've been feeling this way for a long, long time. A friend of yours, a family member, maybe even your partner has told you that "You could use some help." You've googled your symptoms and downloaded apps, but you're really not sure what's going on with you. You've even tried therapy before, but it only seemed to scratch the surface. You're not alone, believe me: you sound like most of my clients.
Change is a difficult and humbling process. Patience, kindness, and self-forgiveness are often not lessons we learned as children. Talk therapy isn’t about advice or guidance; it’s about learning to listen to your decision-making processes, noticing your emotions, understanding the needs you're trying to meet, discovering your value system, and making small, deliberate changes. In session, we'll tailor our work to fit your goals. Seeking therapy takes courage. I congratulate you for it.
Change is a difficult and humbling process. Patience, kindness, and self-forgiveness are often not lessons we learned as children. Talk therapy isn’t about advice or guidance; it’s about learning to listen to your decision-making processes, noticing your emotions, understanding the needs you're trying to meet, discovering your value system, and making small, deliberate changes. In session, we'll tailor our work to fit your goals. Seeking therapy takes courage. I congratulate you for it.
I specialize in helping survivors of trauma—including narcissistic abuse and complex PTSD—build mind-body connection, calm their nervous systems, gain new skills, and heal old wounds.
Do you feel weighed down by anxiety, shame, or self-doubt? Have painful experiences or toxic relationships left you stuck in patterns like people-pleasing, perfectionism, or self-blame? Is your inner critic louder than your own voice, leaving you exhausted from holding it all together?
If you’ve tried therapy before and felt reduced to a checklist of symptoms, my work is different. I see your patterns as survival strategies that once kept you safe—even if they hold you back now. Therapy is a space to slow down, feel truly heard, and make sense of the experiences that shaped you so you can move toward a life that feels fulfilling.
I specialize in helping survivors of trauma—including narcissistic abuse and complex PTSD—build mind-body connection, calm their nervous systems, gain new skills, and heal old wounds.
Do you feel weighed down by anxiety, shame, or self-doubt? Have painful experiences or toxic relationships left you stuck in patterns like people-pleasing, perfectionism, or self-blame? Is your inner critic louder than your own voice, leaving you exhausted from holding it all together?
If you’ve tried therapy before and felt reduced to a checklist of symptoms, my work is different. I see your patterns as survival strategies that once kept you safe—even if they hold you back now. Therapy is a space to slow down, feel truly heard, and make sense of the experiences that shaped you so you can move toward a life that feels fulfilling.
Clients often come to therapy feeling stuck in patterns shaped by childhood experiences, cultural pressures, systemic oppression, and generational trauma. I work with children, teens, and adults navigating trauma, anxiety, emotional regulation, identity, and relationship challenges. I bring a unique perspective through my work with men in federal prisons across Ontario, supporting individuals facing trauma, addiction, violence, and complex family dynamics. I also facilitated a 12-week group psycho-educational IPV program focused on accountability, emotional regulation, and what healthy relationships are for men.
Clients often come to therapy feeling stuck in patterns shaped by childhood experiences, cultural pressures, systemic oppression, and generational trauma. I work with children, teens, and adults navigating trauma, anxiety, emotional regulation, identity, and relationship challenges. I bring a unique perspective through my work with men in federal prisons across Ontario, supporting individuals facing trauma, addiction, violence, and complex family dynamics. I also facilitated a 12-week group psycho-educational IPV program focused on accountability, emotional regulation, and what healthy relationships are for men.
You may be navigating anxiety, trauma, burnout, grief, or the effects of emotionally harmful or controlling relationships, including narcissistic abuse.
As a therapist, my work is guided through lived experience and deep passion. I work through a trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, and culturally sensitive lens. I use mindfulness, Indigenous and strength-based approaches, person-centred therapy, motivational interviewing, and may include Reiki, meditation, spiritual care, or tarot.
You may be navigating anxiety, trauma, burnout, grief, or the effects of emotionally harmful or controlling relationships, including narcissistic abuse.
As a therapist, my work is guided through lived experience and deep passion. I work through a trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, and culturally sensitive lens. I use mindfulness, Indigenous and strength-based approaches, person-centred therapy, motivational interviewing, and may include Reiki, meditation, spiritual care, or tarot.
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I specialize in guiding individuals to recover from the effects of narcissistic abuse, with a focus on understanding why you keep attracting toxic partners.
Struggling with doubt, fear of abandonment, minimizing the abuse, loss of identity, emotional overwhelm, grief, compelling urge for closure, isolation and the inability to set boundaries all create the perfect storm for a narcissist to enter and take up roots. With support you can learn to be compassionate and trust yourself again. See you at the Masterclass
I specialize in guiding individuals to recover from the effects of narcissistic abuse, with a focus on understanding why you keep attracting toxic partners.
Struggling with doubt, fear of abandonment, minimizing the abuse, loss of identity, emotional overwhelm, grief, compelling urge for closure, isolation and the inability to set boundaries all create the perfect storm for a narcissist to enter and take up roots. With support you can learn to be compassionate and trust yourself again. See you at the Masterclass
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Narcissistic Personality (NPD) Counsellors
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.