Personality Disorders Therapy in London and Online

Some people are given the diagnosis of a Personality Disorder. There are various types of personality disorders, including:

  • Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD), also known as Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
  • Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder
  • Narcissistic Personality Disorder
  • Avoidant (or anxious) Personality Disorder
  • Dependent Personality Disorder
  • Antisocial Personality Disorder
  • Paranoid Personality Disorder
  • Histrionic Personality Disorder
  • Schizoid Personality Disorder

Some people find the diagnosis of a Personality Disorder reassuring as it helps them and others to understand their difficulties. They can find it validating and normalising knowing that others share similar struggles. However, other people dislike the term ‘Personality Disorder’ as they feel it suggests that there is something wrong with them as a person and they can find it stigmatising.

Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder/Borderline Personality Disorder

EUPD/BPD is perhaps the more commonly diagnosed Personality Disorder. It is characterised by:

  • Intense emotions that are difficult to cope with
  • A fear of being abandoned or rejected
  • Difficulties maintaining stable relationships
  • Becoming easily irritable and can become angry quickly
  • Not having a strong sense of who you are
  • Feeling empty and lonely
  • Acting impulsively, such as harming oneself and putting oneself in risky situations

Therapy for Personality Disorders

Our therapists at Therapy Central are experienced in working with people whose struggles are in line with the diagnoses of Personality Disorders. We will explore with you how you view your difficulties and how you feel about the diagnosis you may have received. Rather than focussing on any particular diagnosis, we feel it is more important to focus on your individual struggles and subjective experience. 

We can help you to understand your difficulties and to explore the links between your thoughts, feelings and behaviours and how these may be maintaining your difficulties. We may also explore with you how past experiences may have led to the development of your difficulties. Additionally, it can be helpful in therapy to find ways to build upon your interpersonal skills. This can lead to improvements in your relationships.  

It can be fruitful to explore the benefits and costs of your current coping strategies. Although they may have been helpful in the past and may even still be helpful to an extent, you may discover that there are also costs, some very high, of your current coping strategies. We can help you find alternative coping strategies to help you manage your emotional struggles. Building upon your coping skills repertoire can hopefully help you to feel more in control and less overwhelmed during challenging times. 

Our therapists tend to work integratively, meaning that we have knowledge and experience of various therapy models. We will draw upon the therapy models that we feel would be suitable for you based upon your presenting difficulties, your preference and research recommendations. Therapy models that research has shown to be helpful for people with difficulties in line with the diagnoses of Personality Disorders include Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Schema Therapy and Cognitive Analytical Therapy (CAT). 

Start Managing a Personality Disorder in London or Online Today

Get professional help with a Personality Disorder in London or Online today. Contact us for a free 15 min consultation with a Personality Disorder Therapist to see if our help would fit your needs. You can also get in touch via email at info@therapy-central.com or call us at (+44) 020 348 82797.

Our comfortable and confidential therapy rooms are conveniently located 3 min walk from Oxford Circus station, in Central London (see map below). Change starts with Talking!

 

 

Authors:

Dr Raffaello Antonino, Counselling Psychologist

Dr Amy Smith, Counselling Psychologist

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