Narcissistic Personality Disorder Treatment in San Diego

For clients struggling with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), Solara Mental Health has three main goals for treatment: (1) helping clients increase their self-awareness; (2) teaching clients techniques for breaking destructive behaviors and thought processes; and (3) showing clients ways to increase, develop and display empathy for others.

To achieve these goals, our structured narcissistic personality disorder treatment in San Diego combines compassion with expertise. We provide a treatment experience that is specialized, modern and specifically tailored to each client and their needs. Our combination of individual psychotherapy, group therapy, and holistic therapies helps clients gain a more genuine sense of self and the world.  This gives them a better ability to handle stressful situations and a greater capacity to form meaningful social relationships and help others. These new insights and abilities can help those struggling with a narcissistic personality disorder to build fuller, more satisfying lives.

Chiefly characterized by an exaggerated sense of self, narcissistic personality disorder is a mental health disorder that can greatly disrupt day-to-day life. People struggling with NPD often feel entitled to special treatment, are highly sensitive to criticism and are unable to empathize with others. They crave attention and strive for personal perfection, though these usually stem from intense feelings of shame and inadequacy.

Specific symptoms of Narcissistic Personality Disorder vary from person to person, but include the following:

• Inflated sense of self, including feeling of superiority over others
• Obsession with success, power and perfection
• Inability to recognize or care about others’ feelings and needs
• Feeling entitled to attention and favors, particularly over other people
• Using others to get ahead
• Envying others and believing they envy you
• Generally proud, bragging and conceited behavior and speech

Left unchecked, the symptoms of NPD can hinder professional functioning and advancement, prevent new social relationships and damage existing ones and inhibit realistic views of self, others, and the world. Similarly, when people with narcissistic personality disorder are unable to meet their own standards of perfection, they may feel intensely distressed and unsure of who they are. If not addressed, these feelings can lead to depression.

For people with narcissistic personality disorder, the first—and perhaps hardest—step is recognizing and admitting that help is needed. Doing so may feel like a confession of imperfection, but it is not. It is a crucial first step in accepting the situation and beginning the healing process. At our mental health center we recognize that this and other inherent treatment difficulties present unique challenges to treating NPD. As such, our clinicians are highly trained and prepared to handle any potential complications, including clients who feel angry, dismissive or humiliated when their exaggerated self-image is questioned.

To aid the recovery process, our inpatient program is small and intimate, allowing clients to identify with others, practice healthy social interactions and develop greater empathy in an environment that is understanding and non-judgmental. Similarly, the clinicians at our psychiatric facility provide clients with treatment plans that are as comprehensive as they are personalized. During treatment, clinicians will help clients learn to identify and disrupt damaging thoughts and behaviors, and come to replace them with appropriate, healthy, and realistic attitudes and actions. With these new skills will come the ability for clients to see themselves and others more realistically and develop loving, healthy relationships.

While our clients make considerable and rapid improvements, narcissistic personality disorder is often a long-term condition. Through years of experience, our mental health treatment center has learned how to provides the entire spectrum of care for our clients.  From inpatient to outpatient, from transitional living to a long-term aftercare plan, our program has been designed to free our clients from the clutches of narcissistic personality disorder.

Contact us now to start the healing process.