At NY Mental Health Center, we understand that living with a personality disorder can make everyday life feel overwhelming, unpredictable, and emotionally exhausting. Whether you are struggling with persistent relationship conflict, intense mood swings, deep-seated fears of abandonment, or rigid and isolating behavioral patterns, our expert team is here to help you navigate the challenges with compassion, expertise, and lasting strategies for change.
What Are Personality Disorders?
Personality disorders are complex mental health conditions characterized by enduring patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving that deviate from cultural expectations and cause significant distress or impairment. These patterns typically emerge in adolescence or early adulthood and often persist without professional intervention. Left untreated, personality disorders can disrupt careers, relationships, and emotional well-being.
There are three primary clusters of personality disorders:
- Cluster A (Odd or Eccentric): Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypal.
- Cluster B (Dramatic or Erratic): Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, Narcissistic.
- Cluster C (Anxious or Fearful): Avoidant, Dependent, Obsessive-Compulsive (not to be confused with OCD).
Many individuals may show symptoms from more than one category, and personalized care is essential for accurate diagnosis and effective treatment.
How We Treat Personality Disorders
At NY Mental Health Center, we provide specialized, evidence-based care for individuals living with personality disorders. Our integrated model emphasizes both psychotherapy and medication management, when appropriate. Our therapists and psychiatrists work in direct collaboration to ensure your treatment plan addresses your unique needs from all angles—emotional, behavioral, cognitive, and biological.
We commonly utilize modalities such as:
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Particularly effective for borderline personality disorder, DBT helps clients build distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Addresses rigid thought patterns and maladaptive behaviors.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Explores early relational patterns and unconscious influences that shape behavior.
Our approach is never one-size-fits-all. We tailor each treatment plan based on a comprehensive assessment and ongoing feedback, ensuring that care evolves as you do.
Why NY Mental Health Center?
NY Mental Health Center offers an unmatched combination of clinical excellence and accessibility:
- Elite Providers: Our clinicians average 18 years of post-academic experience, and are recruited from leading institutions for their depth of knowledge and clinical success.
- Integrated Care Model: We provide the gold standard—seamless collaboration between therapists and psychiatrists to improve outcomes.
- Telehealth + Insurance: We eliminate common barriers to care by offering virtual sessions across New York State and accepting most commercial insurance plans.
- Tailored Assessments: For clients whose symptoms overlap with conditions like ADHD or autism, we offer diagnostic evaluations to guide treatment and assist with academic or occupational accommodations.
Take the First Step
If you or someone you care about is struggling with a personality disorder, you don’t have to manage it alone. NY Mental Health Center is here to provide the expert, compassionate care you deserve—on your schedule, from wherever you are.
Book a consultation today and let us help you move toward stability, connection, and emotional wellness.