Category: Personality Disorders

Dependent personality is a kind of narcissistic personality. But, unlike its famous cousin, dependent personality appears weak and often comes to therapy rather than refusing to come. All of the personality disorders have their unique difficulties. DPD is difficult because it dominates with weakness; it controls the therapist by being…

What is Personality Disorder? We are often asked this question by both patients and clinicians. Our definition most certainly goes beyond what you’d find in the DSM, because at Nysa Therapy, our focus is on WHY personality disorder makes sense, and why mental health practitioners should EXPECT patients to act…