Psychiatrists in Tennessee
True Psychiatry
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified Verified
Brentwood, TN 37027
True Psychiatry is a gold-standard outpatient private practice combining eclectic therapy and expert medication management with one experienced, down to earth, intuitive, and ABPN board certified psychiatrist for all your therapy and medication needs. If you have a therapist you already like, care will actively be coordinated to provide the best care possible. Dr. Eric Rueth has served in medical directorship positions at both NYU in New York City and Vanderbilt University here in Nashville. Now his experience will be brought directly to the care of a small number of outpatients through True Psychiatry.
True Psychiatry is a gold-standard outpatient private practice combining eclectic therapy and expert medication management with one experienced, down to earth, intuitive, and ABPN board certified psychiatrist for all your therapy and medication needs. If you have a therapist you already like, care will actively be coordinated to provide the best care possible. Dr. Eric Rueth has served in medical directorship positions at both NYU in New York City and Vanderbilt University here in Nashville. Now his experience will be brought directly to the care of a small number of outpatients through True Psychiatry.
Allie Denton
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, MSN, APRN, PMHNP
Verified Verified
8 Endorsed
Nashville, TN 37204
After training and practicing at an academic medical center for the past six years, I wanted more for myself and my clients: more time, more connection, and a more holistic, mind-body approach. My practice philosophy is based on evidence, your values, and shared decision making to tailor a treatment plan to your specific needs and goals.
After training and practicing at an academic medical center for the past six years, I wanted more for myself and my clients: more time, more connection, and a more holistic, mind-body approach. My practice philosophy is based on evidence, your values, and shared decision making to tailor a treatment plan to your specific needs and goals.
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Narcissistic Personality (NPD) Psychiatrists
What type of therapy is best for narcissistic personality disorder?
Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is best treated with talk therapy, which could involve cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, schema therapy, gestalt therapy, or similar approaches. A therapist will help a patient uncover the feelings that may drive their behavior and discover how to engage with themselves and those around them with greater empathy and understanding, fewer demands, and less defensiveness, with the goal of developing a more authentic sense of self that enables healthier relationships.
How do therapists treat NPD?
By developing a strong therapeutic relationship, and continually focusing patients on relationships, community, and connection, a therapist, through talk therapy, may be able to help someone with NPD change. In sessions, a therapist will help an individual achieve relief from their current stressors, including the treatment of co-occurring conditions such as anxiety or depression. A therapist may also help an individual to recognize unhealthy coping mechanisms, learn new ways of interacting with others, and eventually become able to feel and display empathy.
Can a narcissist be cured with therapy?
Therapy can be effective. After a serious setback or great loss, someone with NPD may be forced to recognize that they are not immune to life’s challenges. That can spur feelings of melancholy and depression that lead them to seek professional help. Once an individual decides to seek help, they have already taken a step that the majority of those with NPD never will. Still, people with NPD often quit therapy as they naturally resist feeling vulnerable, being challenged, or admitting to flaws.
How can you get narcissistic personality disorder treatment for someone?
It is notoriously difficult to convince someone with NPD to seek help. With their feelings of superiority, they may be unlikely to recognize or acknowledge that they have a problem, or that their problem is narcissism. Sometimes, they are aware that they are arrogant and that others resent them but they don’t see it as a problem because they are convinced of their superiority. People with NPD have trouble maintaining relationships, but family members and others who do feel close to them, and whose presence they value, may be able to encourage them to seek therapy.