Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) involves patterns of grandiosity, a deep need for admiration, and difficulty with empathy — often leading to strained relationships and emotional pain. Whether you’re seeking support for yourself or are affected by someone with NPD, The Summit Counseling Center offers compassionate, evidence-based counseling to foster awareness, growth, and healthier relational dynamics.
Are You Impacted by NPD?
Counseling may benefit you if you:
- Struggle with maintaining healthy, reciprocal relationships
- Feel a persistent need for validation or admiration
- Experience intense sensitivity to criticism
- Use control, manipulation, or emotional distancing as coping tools
- Have difficulty empathizing with others or recognizing their needs
- Are in a relationship with someone who exhibits narcissistic traits
Our Approach
Our therapists create a supportive, nonjudgmental environment to help you better understand NPD and its emotional roots. Your plan may include the evidence-based methods listed below.
Types of Therapy
- Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)
- Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Adlerian Therapy
- Art Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Christian Counseling
- Cognitive Behavior (CBT)
- Compassion Focused
- Creative & Expressive Art
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dance Movement Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Existential
- Experiential
- Expressive Arts
- Family Systems
- Family Therapy
- Gestalt
- Humanistic Therapy
- Integrative Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural Therapy
- Music Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Person-Centered Therapy
- Positive Psychology
- Psychoanalytic Therapy
- Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT)
- Reality Therapy
- Relational Therapy
- Schema Therapy
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Somatic Therapy
- Strength-Based Therapy
- Structural Family Therapy
- Transpersonal Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Therapy is tailored to individual needs — whether you’re working toward personal change or healing from the effects of narcissistic behavior.
Clarity and Growth Are Possible
With insight and support, you can strengthen boundaries, improve communication, and move toward healthier relationships.
Take the First Step Toward Clarity and Growth
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