Narcissistic Personality (NPD) Therapists in Tiburon, CA
I have a very broad background from my experience as an National Institute of Mental Health Fellows. I helped to develop California Battered Womens Shelters as they were originally called. My focus is on children and parenting. My masters thesis was on disharged patients from a university hospital psychiatric ward to identify who we were treating inpatient and if we were meeting the needs of the most needy in the community and doctoral thesis on mental health practioners knowldge of and use of the Adverse Childhood Experiences Survey. I am trained in child and adult trauma treatment helping those who are unsure of problem sources
I have a very broad background from my experience as an National Institute of Mental Health Fellows. I helped to develop California Battered Womens Shelters as they were originally called. My focus is on children and parenting. My masters thesis was on disharged patients from a university hospital psychiatric ward to identify who we were treating inpatient and if we were meeting the needs of the most needy in the community and doctoral thesis on mental health practioners knowldge of and use of the Adverse Childhood Experiences Survey. I am trained in child and adult trauma treatment helping those who are unsure of problem sources
Are you feeling dissatisfied with life? Feeling stuck, unhappy with relationships? I work with couples and individuals in all stages of life who have arrived at some sort of impasse. Often they have experienced some kind of loss. The loss of a job, loss of friends, or a divorce, empty nest issues, difficulty with relationships with adult kids. . I help clients work through a variety of issues: intimacy issues, depression, anxiety, addiction issues, unresolved trauma, panic attacks, and career dissatisfaction.
Are you feeling dissatisfied with life? Feeling stuck, unhappy with relationships? I work with couples and individuals in all stages of life who have arrived at some sort of impasse. Often they have experienced some kind of loss. The loss of a job, loss of friends, or a divorce, empty nest issues, difficulty with relationships with adult kids. . I help clients work through a variety of issues: intimacy issues, depression, anxiety, addiction issues, unresolved trauma, panic attacks, and career dissatisfaction.
Therapy can be a source of tremendous relief and gratification. Unhappiness and anxiety that feel unbearable can lessen and disappear when you have someone who can help you understand the reasons for your suffering. A good therapist can also help you more easily get your mind off upsetting thoughts that preoccupy you. Or if you find yourself acting in self-defeating ways, studying it with a therapist can be of enormous help. Ideally, you will leave an initial consultation with a new way of thinking about the problem that brought you in.
Therapy can be a source of tremendous relief and gratification. Unhappiness and anxiety that feel unbearable can lessen and disappear when you have someone who can help you understand the reasons for your suffering. A good therapist can also help you more easily get your mind off upsetting thoughts that preoccupy you. Or if you find yourself acting in self-defeating ways, studying it with a therapist can be of enormous help. Ideally, you will leave an initial consultation with a new way of thinking about the problem that brought you in.
I specialize in helping couples and individuals navigate complex relationship challenges. With nearly 20 years of experience, my expertise includes resolving intense conflicts, overcoming emotional distance and loneliness, managing break-ups and divorce, rebuilding trust after infidelity, enhancing sexual intimacy, and addressing relationship impacts from trauma. I offer focused support to couples raising children with special needs or navigating neurodiversity.
I specialize in helping couples and individuals navigate complex relationship challenges. With nearly 20 years of experience, my expertise includes resolving intense conflicts, overcoming emotional distance and loneliness, managing break-ups and divorce, rebuilding trust after infidelity, enhancing sexual intimacy, and addressing relationship impacts from trauma. I offer focused support to couples raising children with special needs or navigating neurodiversity.
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I specialize in Narcissistic Abuse, Racial Trauma, Anxiety, and Depression.
Do you constantly feel like you’re hard on yourself? Do you only negatively notice yourself? Are you constantly wondering if your feelings are valid? Do you find yourself in unhealthy relationship dynamics?
I specialize in Narcissistic Abuse, Racial Trauma, Anxiety, and Depression.
Do you constantly feel like you’re hard on yourself? Do you only negatively notice yourself? Are you constantly wondering if your feelings are valid? Do you find yourself in unhealthy relationship dynamics?
Feeling Lost? Wondering, “Where do I go from here?”
My clients are individuals navigating life after toxic relationships, major transitions, or motherhood who feel overwhelmed, disconnected, and stuck in patterns like people-pleasing, overthinking, and self-doubt. They often say, “I don’t feel like myself” or “I keep ending up in the same situations.” We use a trauma-informed, DBT-based approach to help you regulate emotions, set boundaries, rebuild self-trust, and break unhealthy cycles—so you can feel grounded, confident, and like yourself again.
Feeling Lost? Wondering, “Where do I go from here?”
My clients are individuals navigating life after toxic relationships, major transitions, or motherhood who feel overwhelmed, disconnected, and stuck in patterns like people-pleasing, overthinking, and self-doubt. They often say, “I don’t feel like myself” or “I keep ending up in the same situations.” We use a trauma-informed, DBT-based approach to help you regulate emotions, set boundaries, rebuild self-trust, and break unhealthy cycles—so you can feel grounded, confident, and like yourself again.
I’m a psychoproctologist: For the past 25 years, I’ve studied the ethical diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of assholutism in all its narcissistic, egotistical, gaslighting forms.
My research and coaching are all about how to handle “herobots” people who robotically play hero, dismissing and defeating all challenges to their fake heroic authority. I have a PhD in decision psychology and have written three books and over 1k articles for Psychology Today about dealing with doubts and difficult people.
I’m a psychoproctologist: For the past 25 years, I’ve studied the ethical diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of assholutism in all its narcissistic, egotistical, gaslighting forms.
My research and coaching are all about how to handle “herobots” people who robotically play hero, dismissing and defeating all challenges to their fake heroic authority. I have a PhD in decision psychology and have written three books and over 1k articles for Psychology Today about dealing with doubts and difficult people.
I also work closely with these who are victims of narcissistic abuse.
Everyone is unique. Your thoughts, feelings and needs are shaped by your own background, family history, past interpersonal encounters and other significant events, including early child trauma. Psychotherapy is an emotional process. As we discuss your concerns, it will surface unexamined parts of your life of which you may not be aware or want to experience. My central role as your therapist is to help you talk about and understand more fully these unexamined thoughts, feelings, and needs in the context of your past, develop greater tolerance and acceptance of them, and to bring changes to your current situation.
I also work closely with these who are victims of narcissistic abuse.
Everyone is unique. Your thoughts, feelings and needs are shaped by your own background, family history, past interpersonal encounters and other significant events, including early child trauma. Psychotherapy is an emotional process. As we discuss your concerns, it will surface unexamined parts of your life of which you may not be aware or want to experience. My central role as your therapist is to help you talk about and understand more fully these unexamined thoughts, feelings, and needs in the context of your past, develop greater tolerance and acceptance of them, and to bring changes to your current situation.
Maybe you live with someone who causes harm or is controlling, antagonistic and narcissistic.
As a neuropsychologist, I use EMDR, the gold standard for trauma treatment, to re-wire your anxiety, depression, guilt and shame to improve your wellbeing. As a specialist in intimate partner violence, I use Gottman strategies to address narcissistic abuse and improve relationships and communication. Cognitive behavioral therapy is central in all treatments.
Maybe you live with someone who causes harm or is controlling, antagonistic and narcissistic.
As a neuropsychologist, I use EMDR, the gold standard for trauma treatment, to re-wire your anxiety, depression, guilt and shame to improve your wellbeing. As a specialist in intimate partner violence, I use Gottman strategies to address narcissistic abuse and improve relationships and communication. Cognitive behavioral therapy is central in all treatments.
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 these cycles and break many of the patterns I lived out. Including people pleasing, losing myself in toxic relationships and not fully loving that little girl inside of me.
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 these cycles and break many of the patterns I lived out. Including people pleasing, losing myself in toxic relationships and not fully loving that little girl inside of me.
People come to psychotherapy for a variety of reasons. Making our way in this world demands so much self-reliance and yet we are given very little opportunity to get to know ourselves well. We keep our fears and uncertainty about whether we have what it takes to survive our struggles very close to our chests. This is such a fragile place to live. Ignoring our emotions and "soldiering on" creates a life of isolation and confusion. This may manifest as depression, anxiety, or uncertainty about how to wish, desire, and create a life worth living.
People come to psychotherapy for a variety of reasons. Making our way in this world demands so much self-reliance and yet we are given very little opportunity to get to know ourselves well. We keep our fears and uncertainty about whether we have what it takes to survive our struggles very close to our chests. This is such a fragile place to live. Ignoring our emotions and "soldiering on" creates a life of isolation and confusion. This may manifest as depression, anxiety, or uncertainty about how to wish, desire, and create a life worth living.
I am certified in Narcissistic Abuse Survivor Treatment, undertaking this training with The Institute of Relational Harm Reduction.
Often, when we connect with therapists, we present with clear issues we want to address. Other times, we could be struggling to interpret how a life event may be affecting us. When I work with a client, I like to know and understand that person deeply, including where they feel they are now in life, and how is it they got here, to this point. We will delve into moments in your earlier life that you believe may hold some importance, some current relevance, what I term the echo of our pasts. It is this exploration that makes therapy both enlightening and releasing.
I am certified in Narcissistic Abuse Survivor Treatment, undertaking this training with The Institute of Relational Harm Reduction.
Often, when we connect with therapists, we present with clear issues we want to address. Other times, we could be struggling to interpret how a life event may be affecting us. When I work with a client, I like to know and understand that person deeply, including where they feel they are now in life, and how is it they got here, to this point. We will delve into moments in your earlier life that you believe may hold some importance, some current relevance, what I term the echo of our pasts. It is this exploration that makes therapy both enlightening and releasing.
Life has never been particularly easy, but lately we are faced with additional stress. As a psychologist, I meet with men and women, couples and families who are coping with conflict in their marriages, conflicts with their children, financial pressures, and workplace stress. Things might seem so overwhelming that we despair of ever recapturing the happiness and optimism that we once might have had. I can show you ways to reduce your anxiety, and develop new coping strategies to improve interactions in your family, your relationships and your workplace. You can find confidence and recapture a sense of well being.
Life has never been particularly easy, but lately we are faced with additional stress. As a psychologist, I meet with men and women, couples and families who are coping with conflict in their marriages, conflicts with their children, financial pressures, and workplace stress. Things might seem so overwhelming that we despair of ever recapturing the happiness and optimism that we once might have had. I can show you ways to reduce your anxiety, and develop new coping strategies to improve interactions in your family, your relationships and your workplace. You can find confidence and recapture a sense of well being.
I work with individuals experiencing and recovering from narcissistic abuse.
I understand the complex trauma of narcissistic relationships. I will help you learn to recognize the manipulative patterns, assert your boundaries, process the grief, and find a way forward regardless of whether you stay or go. I will help you rebuild confidence and find yourself again, stronger and wiser than you were before.
I work with individuals experiencing and recovering from narcissistic abuse.
I understand the complex trauma of narcissistic relationships. I will help you learn to recognize the manipulative patterns, assert your boundaries, process the grief, and find a way forward regardless of whether you stay or go. I will help you rebuild confidence and find yourself again, stronger and wiser than you were before.
You're in the chaos right now - relationship just ended, porn use spiraling, recovering from a narcissistic ex, or stuck in anxious-avoidant dating patterns.
I'm attachment-focused and heavy on psychoeducation and grief work. My approach is direct and unfiltered - I love dark humor, don't shy from awkward topics, and I'm not here to tiptoe around what needs to be said. I'm a gay, liberal, Hispanic, male veteran who is ready to help you figure out your situation.
You're in the chaos right now - relationship just ended, porn use spiraling, recovering from a narcissistic ex, or stuck in anxious-avoidant dating patterns.
I'm attachment-focused and heavy on psychoeducation and grief work. My approach is direct and unfiltered - I love dark humor, don't shy from awkward topics, and I'm not here to tiptoe around what needs to be said. I'm a gay, liberal, Hispanic, male veteran who is ready to help you figure out your situation.
I specialize in early trauma, complex trauma, and narcissistic abuse recovery.
Together, we will gently work through the hurt, learning to listen to your body as we find our rhythm, so that you can heal without being retraumatized. We will build safety all along the way as we work toward healing using effective and non-rigid tools to honor and support all of your parts.
I specialize in early trauma, complex trauma, and narcissistic abuse recovery.
Together, we will gently work through the hurt, learning to listen to your body as we find our rhythm, so that you can heal without being retraumatized. We will build safety all along the way as we work toward healing using effective and non-rigid tools to honor and support all of your parts.
Meridian Counseling: Individual and Family Therapy
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
1 Endorsed
San Francisco, CA 94114
Life can get complicated and there is no handbook on how to handle things like depression, anxiety, addiction and relationship problems. It is important to know two things: 1. you are not alone, 2. challenges are always opportunities to grow and change your life. You are probably here because it's time to "do something different." Let us help guide you through this journey!
Life can get complicated and there is no handbook on how to handle things like depression, anxiety, addiction and relationship problems. It is important to know two things: 1. you are not alone, 2. challenges are always opportunities to grow and change your life. You are probably here because it's time to "do something different." Let us help guide you through this journey!
Do you feel you have it all/have enough, but do not feel satisfied, content, happy, or at peace? Do you want to find meaning and purpose in your life? Do you want to examine the root causes of your emotional suffering instead of putting a bandaid on your symptoms? If so, I invite you to schedule a 20-minute consultation with me to begin exploring your healing and transformation. I can help you to learn to trust yourself, discern what you have and don't have control/responsibility over, and find your center/ true north, which you can utilize to make decisions more effectively and flow through life's ups and downs with more ease.
Do you feel you have it all/have enough, but do not feel satisfied, content, happy, or at peace? Do you want to find meaning and purpose in your life? Do you want to examine the root causes of your emotional suffering instead of putting a bandaid on your symptoms? If so, I invite you to schedule a 20-minute consultation with me to begin exploring your healing and transformation. I can help you to learn to trust yourself, discern what you have and don't have control/responsibility over, and find your center/ true north, which you can utilize to make decisions more effectively and flow through life's ups and downs with more ease.
To many of the people in your life, you look like you are excelling. Yet when it comes to yourself, you don't feel good. You feel like an impostor. If someone asks you how you are doing, you say fine, but you are not fine. How do you even start to answer a question like this? You'd welcome help, but you don't have much hope. Despite your outward successes this is a problem you haven't been able to solve on your own. Life does not have to be this hard. There is help, but you have to take a risk and ask for it.
To many of the people in your life, you look like you are excelling. Yet when it comes to yourself, you don't feel good. You feel like an impostor. If someone asks you how you are doing, you say fine, but you are not fine. How do you even start to answer a question like this? You'd welcome help, but you don't have much hope. Despite your outward successes this is a problem you haven't been able to solve on your own. Life does not have to be this hard. There is help, but you have to take a risk and ask for it.
Are you working through trauma or a difficult transition; are you in relationship with a toxic/ narcissistic person; facing painful loss?
I was educated at Cornell University and the University of Denver's School of Professional Psychology. I interned at the Albert Einstein Medical School and earned a post-doctoral fellowship at the world-renowned Menninger School of Psychiatry. I have highly specialized training in trauma, dissociative disorders and DID, spirituality, and toxic relationships.
Are you working through trauma or a difficult transition; are you in relationship with a toxic/ narcissistic person; facing painful loss?
I was educated at Cornell University and the University of Denver's School of Professional Psychology. I interned at the Albert Einstein Medical School and earned a post-doctoral fellowship at the world-renowned Menninger School of Psychiatry. I have highly specialized training in trauma, dissociative disorders and DID, spirituality, and toxic relationships.
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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.