Narcissistic Personality (NPD) Therapists in 40208
Katie - legal Name Valerie Catherine McCarthy
Art Therapist, MA, LPAT, ATR-BC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Louisville, KY 40208
She believes in relationship-driven therapy where the client is in the driver’s seat and she is the navigator, offering directions for pathways to healing, recovery and freedom. She is a passionate advocate and ally to those who have been abused, underserved, or marginalized and cares deeply about individuals and groups working to find their voices and gain strength through therapy and other avenues of recovery. Katie is always looking to find common understanding with her client, and will strive to provide a holistic and respectful partnership with YOU! She believes everyone deserves the best life has to offer!
She believes in relationship-driven therapy where the client is in the driver’s seat and she is the navigator, offering directions for pathways to healing, recovery and freedom. She is a passionate advocate and ally to those who have been abused, underserved, or marginalized and cares deeply about individuals and groups working to find their voices and gain strength through therapy and other avenues of recovery. Katie is always looking to find common understanding with her client, and will strive to provide a holistic and respectful partnership with YOU! She believes everyone deserves the best life has to offer!
Shipra Singh
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, MS MA, LPCC, NCC, CMCP, PhD Can
Verified Verified
Louisville, KY 40208
Not accepting new clients
In today’s world, we witness a plethora of stressors, which affect our day to day life’s mental health wellbeing. With the increased stress, and exhaustion in routine life, meeting the demands of family, work, and personal goals, especially during the pandemic period, it gets difficult to cope. The restrictions of social distancing has further isolated individuals who are seeking support to manage their overwhelming psycho emotional state. This extent of exertion leads to mental health issues e.g., depression, anxiety. These individuals can be a wife, a mother, a student, a teacher, a doctor, or a mental health professional.
In today’s world, we witness a plethora of stressors, which affect our day to day life’s mental health wellbeing. With the increased stress, and exhaustion in routine life, meeting the demands of family, work, and personal goals, especially during the pandemic period, it gets difficult to cope. The restrictions of social distancing has further isolated individuals who are seeking support to manage their overwhelming psycho emotional state. This extent of exertion leads to mental health issues e.g., depression, anxiety. These individuals can be a wife, a mother, a student, a teacher, a doctor, or a mental health professional.
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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.