Emotional Connections & Borderline & Narcissistic Personality Disorder
1,387This video explores the emotional connections of those with borderline personality disorder and narcissistic personality disorder.
Do you believe you can be more secure in your emotional connections and relationships?
See worksheet to help you explore your attachment and emotional connections: http://www.drdfox.com/worksheets
You can change your attachment pattern, even if you have a diagnosis of BPD or NPD. This video will discuss all 4 attachment types and the techniques you can use to help move toward a secure attachment type. Discover those things about yourself that make you unique and special. Confront your conceptualization of self and other, stay here and now and challenge the urge to act out toward self and other, while clarifying your views and beliefs before taking them at face value or acting on them, and ask yourself “what is another explanation?”.
This video will talk about allowing yourself to be comfortable being alone and that being alone does not mean you’re worthless. Ask yourself, what things can I do that do not require anyone else? This increases your independence.
Develop a method to identify people in your life you can trust and allow those you cannot trust to leave your life, easy to say but important to do.
These are things you can do to move yourself to a more secure attachment. Be patient, it takes time, but you can do it regardless of a BPD and NPD diagnosis. You can connect emotionally and feel fulfilled.
Citation: Levy, K.N. et al. (2006). Change in Attachment Patterns and Reflective Function in a Randomized Control Trial of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74, 1027-1040.
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Citations:
Kaslow, F.W. (1996). Handbook of relational diagnosis and dysfunctional family patterns. Oxford, England: John Wiley & Sons.
Lachkar, J. (1992). The narcissistic/borderline couple: A psychoanalytic perspective on marital treatment. New York: Brunner-Routledge.
Daniel J. Fox, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in Texas, international speaker, and award winning author. He has been specializing in the treatment and assessment of individuals with personality disorders for over 15 years in the state and federal prison system, universities, and in private practice. His specialty areas include personality disorders, ethics, burnout prevention, and emotional intelligence.
He has published several articles in these areas and is the author of:
The Clinician’s Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment of Personality Disorders: https://goo.gl/ZAVe9v
Antisocial, Borderline, Narcissistic and Histrionic Workbook: Treatment Strategies for Cluster B Personality Disorders (IPBA Benjamin Franklin Gold Award Winner): https://goo.gl/BLRkFy
Narcissistic Personality Disorder Toolbox: 55 Practical Treatment Techniques for Clients, Their Parents & Their Children: https://www.amazon.com/Narcissistic-Personality-Disorder-Toolbox-Techniques/dp/1683731522/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1530470509&sr=8-1&keywords=fox+narcissistic
The Borderline Personality Disorder Workbook: An Integrative Program to Understand and Manage Your BPD --COMING SOON--
Dr. Fox has been teaching and supervising students for over 15 years at various universities across the United States, some of which include West Virginia University, Texas A&M University, University of Houston, Sam Houston State University, and Florida State University. He is currently a staff psychologist in the federal prison system, Adjunct Assistant Professor at University of Houston, as well as maintaining a private practice that specializes in the assessment and treatment of individuals with complex psychopathology and personality disorders.
Dr. Fox has given numerous workshops and seminars on ethics and personality disorders, personality disorders and crime, treatment solutions for treating clients along the antisocial, borderline, narcissistic, and histrionic personality spectrum, emotional intelligence, managing mental health within the prison system, and others. Dr. Fox maintains a website of various treatment interventions focused on working with and attenuating the symptomatology related to individuals along the antisocial, borderline, narcissistic, and histrionic personality spectrum (www.drdfox.com).
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