Narcissistic Personality (NPD) Therapists in Naperville, IL
Meet Your Ideal Client: The Strong One Who’s Tired
She’s/He's the one everyone relies on—but inside, she’s/he's anxious, overwhelmed, and spiritually drained. A woman/man of faith, a caregiver, a professional—she’s/he's tired of performing strength. She/He wants peace, clarity, and permission to prioritize her/himself without guilt. A person healing from trauma, breaking generational cycles, and learning to set boundaries. She’s/He's not looking for perfection—she’s/he's ready for restoration.
Meet Your Ideal Client: The Strong One Who’s Tired
She’s/He's the one everyone relies on—but inside, she’s/he's anxious, overwhelmed, and spiritually drained. A woman/man of faith, a caregiver, a professional—she’s/he's tired of performing strength. She/He wants peace, clarity, and permission to prioritize her/himself without guilt. A person healing from trauma, breaking generational cycles, and learning to set boundaries. She’s/He's not looking for perfection—she’s/he's ready for restoration.
I help survivors of toxic and narcissistic relationships make sense of what has happened, remember their voice, and reclaim their lives.
Lost your voice? Narcissists love to take that from you. You can count on me to listen, ask questions, offer strategies and supports, and help you to see not only what’s missing, but connect the dots to help you make sense of what has happened. I also help you identify all the strengths you bring to the table, too! Like homework? I offer that, too!
I help survivors of toxic and narcissistic relationships make sense of what has happened, remember their voice, and reclaim their lives.
Lost your voice? Narcissists love to take that from you. You can count on me to listen, ask questions, offer strategies and supports, and help you to see not only what’s missing, but connect the dots to help you make sense of what has happened. I also help you identify all the strengths you bring to the table, too! Like homework? I offer that, too!
My whole life I've been less about the "what," and all about the "WHY." I am drawn to what is "below the waterline" in people, and I help my clients work through life's messy questions and challenges, so that they can better understand themselves, and break free from whatever they're struggling with. In life we're often taught to "suck it up," "keep going," "be tough," etc. and what we really need is someone to journey alongside us and help us carry the pain, and make sense of it all. I work with clients to help them achieve their best and their full potential, and to connect to themselves.
My whole life I've been less about the "what," and all about the "WHY." I am drawn to what is "below the waterline" in people, and I help my clients work through life's messy questions and challenges, so that they can better understand themselves, and break free from whatever they're struggling with. In life we're often taught to "suck it up," "keep going," "be tough," etc. and what we really need is someone to journey alongside us and help us carry the pain, and make sense of it all. I work with clients to help them achieve their best and their full potential, and to connect to themselves.
I have been in private practice for 14 years, during which I have worked with adolescents and adults sorting through a wide range of issues including depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, relationship issues and spiritual struggles related to mental health.
I have been in private practice for 14 years, during which I have worked with adolescents and adults sorting through a wide range of issues including depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, relationship issues and spiritual struggles related to mental health.
Steve is an Illinois State Licensed Clinical Social Worker that has been providing services to individuals, couples and families for over 10 years. Steve received his Bachelor's Degree in psychology from the University of Kansas in 2002 and his Master's Degree in social work from the University of Chicago in 2004. Since then he has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings as either a clinical therapist or administrator.
Steve is an Illinois State Licensed Clinical Social Worker that has been providing services to individuals, couples and families for over 10 years. Steve received his Bachelor's Degree in psychology from the University of Kansas in 2002 and his Master's Degree in social work from the University of Chicago in 2004. Since then he has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings as either a clinical therapist or administrator.
Are your feelings of sadness and anxiety preventing you from enjoying life? Are you struggling with relationship difficulties or life transitions? Do you feel stuck? Do you desire closeness and greater intimacy with your partner/spouse? Do you want to improve your communications? You are not alone. Seeking therapy is the 1st step toward achieving a more satisfying life and/or relief from suffering. The decision to seek therapy can be difficult but helpful when we are overwhelmed by life experiences and unhappy with relationships in our lives. Treatment is confidential. My office is located in a private, safe & comfortable setting.
Are your feelings of sadness and anxiety preventing you from enjoying life? Are you struggling with relationship difficulties or life transitions? Do you feel stuck? Do you desire closeness and greater intimacy with your partner/spouse? Do you want to improve your communications? You are not alone. Seeking therapy is the 1st step toward achieving a more satisfying life and/or relief from suffering. The decision to seek therapy can be difficult but helpful when we are overwhelmed by life experiences and unhappy with relationships in our lives. Treatment is confidential. My office is located in a private, safe & comfortable setting.
Sometimes life makes it feel like there are limited options, and our feelings can be overwhelming. However, in the face of pain and suffering, we have the power to choose how to engage with these hardships. There is freedom to choose our responses, and moving forward with committed action is empowering. I would be happy to collaborate with you in the therapeutic process, to explore feelings, learning coping skills, and maintain healthy responses. In life we may feel content being still, making lateral moves, or at times pivoting. As we navigate your views of self, thriving, living we can face carpe diem, seize the day.
Sometimes life makes it feel like there are limited options, and our feelings can be overwhelming. However, in the face of pain and suffering, we have the power to choose how to engage with these hardships. There is freedom to choose our responses, and moving forward with committed action is empowering. I would be happy to collaborate with you in the therapeutic process, to explore feelings, learning coping skills, and maintain healthy responses. In life we may feel content being still, making lateral moves, or at times pivoting. As we navigate your views of self, thriving, living we can face carpe diem, seize the day.
Lauren N. Prieboy
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, NCC
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
A Certified Narcissistic Abuse Treatment Clinician, she has provided therapy in community mental health, private practice, and law enforcement collaboration.
Lauren helps individuals facing interpersonal struggles, anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions. She works best with motivated clients open to growth and challenge in a supportive space. With a nurturing yet direct approach, she fosters self-awareness, resilience, and healthier relationship patterns for lasting change.
A Certified Narcissistic Abuse Treatment Clinician, she has provided therapy in community mental health, private practice, and law enforcement collaboration.
Lauren helps individuals facing interpersonal struggles, anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions. She works best with motivated clients open to growth and challenge in a supportive space. With a nurturing yet direct approach, she fosters self-awareness, resilience, and healthier relationship patterns for lasting change.
Certified Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Treatment Clinician 2024
"No problem can be solved by the same level of consciousness that created it."-Albert Einstein. Are you feeling chronically unhappy, angry, fearful, or stuck? Do you have conflicted relationships with friends/family? Come in and talk to someone in a confidential and compassionate environment who can assist you in seeing things differently. I have over 10 years of experience working with individuals and families providing psychotherapy. As a seasoned clinician, I have learned to creatively blend my listening skills with a variety of evidence-based approaches tailored to fit the needs of my clients for optimal growth.
Certified Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Treatment Clinician 2024
"No problem can be solved by the same level of consciousness that created it."-Albert Einstein. Are you feeling chronically unhappy, angry, fearful, or stuck? Do you have conflicted relationships with friends/family? Come in and talk to someone in a confidential and compassionate environment who can assist you in seeing things differently. I have over 10 years of experience working with individuals and families providing psychotherapy. As a seasoned clinician, I have learned to creatively blend my listening skills with a variety of evidence-based approaches tailored to fit the needs of my clients for optimal growth.
I’m so glad you’ve taken the first step towards better health! Starting is always the toughest part, but Therapists are human too! So when you step into my office, I promise to always work my absolute hardest to help you accomplish your goals! Don’t know your goals? No problem! I love helping my clients rediscover how amazing they already are! Next, we work together to figure out an action plan to help you live your best life! I’m not the stuffy Therapist type. I love coffee (my Nespresso machine is bae), singing in the rain, dancing, laughing and long walks down the aisle of Target! Now onto the more important, professional stuff..
I’m so glad you’ve taken the first step towards better health! Starting is always the toughest part, but Therapists are human too! So when you step into my office, I promise to always work my absolute hardest to help you accomplish your goals! Don’t know your goals? No problem! I love helping my clients rediscover how amazing they already are! Next, we work together to figure out an action plan to help you live your best life! I’m not the stuffy Therapist type. I love coffee (my Nespresso machine is bae), singing in the rain, dancing, laughing and long walks down the aisle of Target! Now onto the more important, professional stuff..
Whether its the pain of trauma or the onset of a new, overwhelming change in your life, it can become harder and harder for you to be at peace and feel empowered. You may know deep down that something feels wrong, but also feel lost when it comes to addressing these difficulties. Furthermore, these challenges can make you feel isolated from the very relationships you'd hope would sustain you through these difficult times.
Whether its the pain of trauma or the onset of a new, overwhelming change in your life, it can become harder and harder for you to be at peace and feel empowered. You may know deep down that something feels wrong, but also feel lost when it comes to addressing these difficulties. Furthermore, these challenges can make you feel isolated from the very relationships you'd hope would sustain you through these difficult times.
While a person can feel better after a good talk with a friend or relative, for moderate or severe emotional distress, this relief is only temporary. Talking with a trained listener helps alleviate emotional distress for good. The doctors in our practice are trained to listen and interact in a way that helps you get to the very root of your emotional concerns.
While a person can feel better after a good talk with a friend or relative, for moderate or severe emotional distress, this relief is only temporary. Talking with a trained listener helps alleviate emotional distress for good. The doctors in our practice are trained to listen and interact in a way that helps you get to the very root of your emotional concerns.
I am passionate about supporting adolescents, gender questioning folks, and those dealing with narcissistic abuse.
All of us develop patterns of behavior based on survival instincts from the moment we are born. Ideally, as we mature our survival skills would mature as well and that's often not the case. A behavior that was successful in the past can hurt us in the present and keep us repeating the same self limiting patterns over and over. Everything we do has elements of relationship. Professional, romantic, platonic, familial, athletic, and academic relationships make up our societal existence. By learning how to be in relationship with ourselves we learn how to be in relationship with others.
I am passionate about supporting adolescents, gender questioning folks, and those dealing with narcissistic abuse.
All of us develop patterns of behavior based on survival instincts from the moment we are born. Ideally, as we mature our survival skills would mature as well and that's often not the case. A behavior that was successful in the past can hurt us in the present and keep us repeating the same self limiting patterns over and over. Everything we do has elements of relationship. Professional, romantic, platonic, familial, athletic, and academic relationships make up our societal existence. By learning how to be in relationship with ourselves we learn how to be in relationship with others.
Welcome to Polaris Counseling!
We are a group practice consisting of fully licensed counselors and social workers. Our mission is to provide high quality counseling services to individuals, couples and families in a professional, non-judgmental, supportive and friendly environment at an affordable cost to you.
We strive to make every client feel welcome, respected and safe while in treatment with us and give one hundred and ten percent of our energy in helping you navigate your way through treatment successfully. Our compassionate, hardworking approach to counseling has become our trademark.
Learn more at www.polariscounseling.com!
Welcome to Polaris Counseling!
We are a group practice consisting of fully licensed counselors and social workers. Our mission is to provide high quality counseling services to individuals, couples and families in a professional, non-judgmental, supportive and friendly environment at an affordable cost to you.
We strive to make every client feel welcome, respected and safe while in treatment with us and give one hundred and ten percent of our energy in helping you navigate your way through treatment successfully. Our compassionate, hardworking approach to counseling has become our trademark.
Learn more at www.polariscounseling.com!
As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, I provide compassionate, client-centered therapy that blends holistic and evidence-based methods to support healing and growth. My goal is to empower clients with tools to make meaningful life choices and manage life’s challenges with confidence. With training in mindfulness, yoga, and EMDR therapy, I create a safe and trusting space where clients can process experiences, build resilience, and move toward balance and emotional well-being.
As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, I provide compassionate, client-centered therapy that blends holistic and evidence-based methods to support healing and growth. My goal is to empower clients with tools to make meaningful life choices and manage life’s challenges with confidence. With training in mindfulness, yoga, and EMDR therapy, I create a safe and trusting space where clients can process experiences, build resilience, and move toward balance and emotional well-being.
Naper Clinical Behavioral Services
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
4 Endorsed
Naperville, IL 60563
At Naper Clinical Behavioral Services, our identity is rooted in compassionate, client-centered care. We bring decades of lived and clinical experience supporting individuals and families through life’s challenges. Our team reflects diverse backgrounds and personal journeys, allowing us to meet clients with empathy, insight, and respect. We’re proud to serve the community with a commitment to inclusion, healing, and mental wellness.
At Naper Clinical Behavioral Services, our identity is rooted in compassionate, client-centered care. We bring decades of lived and clinical experience supporting individuals and families through life’s challenges. Our team reflects diverse backgrounds and personal journeys, allowing us to meet clients with empathy, insight, and respect. We’re proud to serve the community with a commitment to inclusion, healing, and mental wellness.
Alone, terrified, and worried that your life will never change? Ready for a change but apprehensive about the process? Sometimes getting help extends beyond family/friends. Addiction counseling includes addressing co-existing issues such as family, relationships, employment, education, spirituality, physical/mental health and legal concerns. Healing and growth begins with a collaborative, compassionate, yet direct approach to change. I walk with you as you work to gain self-awareness, self-esteem, and empowerment. I assist clients in finding hidden strengths, so they can overcome their challenges. My specialty includes addictions, co-occurring disorders - depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, anger, etc.
Alone, terrified, and worried that your life will never change? Ready for a change but apprehensive about the process? Sometimes getting help extends beyond family/friends. Addiction counseling includes addressing co-existing issues such as family, relationships, employment, education, spirituality, physical/mental health and legal concerns. Healing and growth begins with a collaborative, compassionate, yet direct approach to change. I walk with you as you work to gain self-awareness, self-esteem, and empowerment. I assist clients in finding hidden strengths, so they can overcome their challenges. My specialty includes addictions, co-occurring disorders - depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, anger, etc.
Hello. I'm assuming that you are scanning these profiles with a pain in your heart or a lump in your stomach. You're not alone. We all have these periods of emotional and mental upset, that may have been there all too long. At times we need more than a friend's loving ear to see us through. In my 53 years of work as a clinical psychologist I 've helped a wide variety of individuals find relief from their miseries. I offer you my helping hand. It's a seasoned hand that has dealt with problems like yours. You'll find me easy to know and a trusted professional companion. You CAN feel better.
Hello. I'm assuming that you are scanning these profiles with a pain in your heart or a lump in your stomach. You're not alone. We all have these periods of emotional and mental upset, that may have been there all too long. At times we need more than a friend's loving ear to see us through. In my 53 years of work as a clinical psychologist I 've helped a wide variety of individuals find relief from their miseries. I offer you my helping hand. It's a seasoned hand that has dealt with problems like yours. You'll find me easy to know and a trusted professional companion. You CAN feel better.
Remember when you were young and couldn't wait to grow up and make your own decisions? It turns out that's a lot more complicated than we realized, isn't it? We can so easily feel bogged down in complicated, even overwhelming emotions. I specialize in helping you to understand "whys" behind these emotional reactions and the "hows" to promote lasting change. I offer therapeutic sevices to young and older adults both in person and through telehealth. As a therapist, I am committed to providing an accepting, non-judgmental space to better understand yourself and find new ways of moving forward.
Remember when you were young and couldn't wait to grow up and make your own decisions? It turns out that's a lot more complicated than we realized, isn't it? We can so easily feel bogged down in complicated, even overwhelming emotions. I specialize in helping you to understand "whys" behind these emotional reactions and the "hows" to promote lasting change. I offer therapeutic sevices to young and older adults both in person and through telehealth. As a therapist, I am committed to providing an accepting, non-judgmental space to better understand yourself and find new ways of moving forward.
I have over twenty years of social work experience. I have worked in foster care and adoption, in a psychiatric hospital and am currently working in private practice. My patients include children, adolescents, adults and couples. I treat depression, anxiety, PTSD, grief issues, conflict resolution, borderline personality disorder, bipolar disorder, social anxiety, OCD, addictions, issues related to divorce and family/marital conflicts. I use a variety of treatment modalities based on the individual needs of the patient. My therapeutic approach is a non-judgmental blending of eastern and western philosophies thereby helping patients develop acceptance and develop better coping strategies to deal with their challenges.
I have over twenty years of social work experience. I have worked in foster care and adoption, in a psychiatric hospital and am currently working in private practice. My patients include children, adolescents, adults and couples. I treat depression, anxiety, PTSD, grief issues, conflict resolution, borderline personality disorder, bipolar disorder, social anxiety, OCD, addictions, issues related to divorce and family/marital conflicts. I use a variety of treatment modalities based on the individual needs of the patient. My therapeutic approach is a non-judgmental blending of eastern and western philosophies thereby helping patients develop acceptance and develop better coping strategies to deal with their challenges.
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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.