Personality Disorder Treatment in NYC

Personality disorders involve longstanding patterns of thinking, feeling, and relating to others that cause distress or difficulty in relationships and daily life. At Grove Street Psychiatry, I provide compassionate, non-judgmental treatment that focuses on understanding yourself better and building healthier ways of connecting with others.

Understanding Personality Disorders

Personality disorders typically emerge in adolescence or early adulthood and affect how you see yourself, relate to others, and respond to emotions. These patterns can make relationships feel turbulent, lead to intense emotional reactions, or leave you feeling chronically empty or misunderstood.

Common experiences include:

• Intense, unstable relationships that swing between closeness and conflict

• Difficulty regulating emotions or coping with stress

• Fear of abandonment or rejection

• Chronic feelings of emptiness or uncertainty about identity

• Impulsive behaviors that provide temporary relief but cause problems

• Difficulty trusting others or feeling safe in relationships

• Patterns that repeat across different relationships and situations

My Approach to Treatment

Treating personality disorders requires patience, consistency, and a therapeutic relationship built on trust. I take a comprehensive approach:

Non-Judgmental Assessment: We'll explore your relationship patterns, emotional experiences, and how you understand yourself. The goal is insight, not criticism or labeling.

Medication Management: While medication doesn't treat personality disorders directly, it can help manage co-occurring conditions like depression, anxiety, or mood instability that often accompany these patterns.

Therapy-Informed Care: I incorporate principles from evidence-based approaches like DBT and mentalization-based therapy, which focus on emotional regulation, interpersonal skills, and understanding your own and others' mental states.

Collaborative Treatment: I often work alongside therapists who specialize in longer-term treatment for personality disorders, providing medication management while they provide the intensive therapy that's most effective.

What to Expect

Treatment begins with an initial evaluation where we'll discuss your experiences, relationships, and what brings you distress. This process requires honesty and courage—recognizing these patterns is an important first step toward change.

Progress with personality disorders takes time. The goal isn't to change who you are, but to develop more flexible, adaptive ways of relating to yourself and others. Many people find that with consistent treatment, their relationships become more stable, their emotions more manageable, and their sense of self more coherent.

Who I Work With

I specialize in working with young adults who recognize patterns in their relationships or emotional life that cause repeated distress. Whether you've been diagnosed with a personality disorder or simply notice that your relationships tend to follow difficult patterns, treatment can help you build healthier ways of connecting.

Getting Started

Seeking help for personality-related difficulties takes courage. These patterns often developed as ways of coping with early experiences, and with appropriate support, you can develop new, healthier ways of being in the world.