Take charge of the chaos.
Live life on your terms.
Expert, evidence-based therapy for personality disorders is available for individuals in California, Florida, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania
Life feels chaotic. And it’s hard for you to put your finger on why.
Somehow, calm is always out of your reach, no matter what you do. Deep down, you might feel different from other people and unable to relate. You likely crave closeness and love, but keep finding yourself in relationships with ups and downs, never quite getting the closeness and stability that you want.
You may have noticed that you experience emotions more intensely than other people, and that you struggle to cope with them effectively, even though you might be extremely competent in other areas of your life. You’re a good person, but sometimes you might feel guilty about how you behave towards the people you love — because, let’s face it — the big shifts you experience in how you think and feel can lead you to act in ways that don’t reflect the caring person that you feel you are deep inside. Sometimes, you might find yourself bingeing on food, alcohol, shopping, sex, or social media just to get some relief from the intense feelings you feel.
It’s possible that a lot of the time, life feels unfair. It’s as if life is happening to you rather than you being the one who’s in the driver’s seat. You’ve likely tried everything you can think of to fix your problems, but nothing ever seems to work. You might have been in and out of therapy and accrued diagnosis after diagnosis — all without ever feeling like you’re getting the help you really need. After all this, you might doubt that therapy or any person can really help you.
Sometimes it just feels hopeless.
If any of this resonates with you, you deserve to live life on your own terms and to not feel like your powerful emotions are calling the shots — especially in your closest relationships.
There’s a specialized, targeted therapy can help, even when it seems like nothing else has been able to work for you.
Your life doesn’t have to feel so out of control.
Mentalization-based Treatment (MBT) is a targeted therapy that can improve your ability to manage emotional ups and downs — especially in close relationships
Research has shown that MBT can reduce suicide attempts, hospitalizations, psychiatric medication use, and use of mental health services in folks diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). It can also help them to stay engaged and achieve more in school and at work. These improvements are sustained even after MBT treatment has concluded — one follow up study showed that these improvements were sustained even 5 years after the conclusion of treatment.
Hi, I’m Amie Roe, LCSW.
I’m passionate about helping people with personality disorders such as BPD and NPD find the calm, closeness, and peace that’s been out of their reach, despite their best efforts. I do this by staying unrelentingly curious, open-minded, and focused about the problems my clients are facing. I don’t passively listen or nod along. I also don’t throw coping skills or techniques at deep-seated emotional problems. I work alongside you to better understand yourself and those around you moment to moment, so that you can feel more clear and a bit more in control in the face of life’s challenges — especially relationship difficulties. I do this using Mentalization-based Treatment (MBT), an evidence-based, effective treatment for personality disorders.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)?
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a complex, treatable mental health condition that can cause
intense emotions
ups and downs in close relationships
out-of-control-feeling relationships with food, sex, drugs, alcohol, money, or technology
difficulty knowing and understanding who you really are
feelings of emptiness, numbness, or blankness
We’re all unique individuals with our own strengths and weaknesses, which can make BPD look and feel quite differently from person to person.
What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)?
Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is a disorder of self-esteem regulation. Individuals with NPD may
experience relationships that start strong and then fall apart
feel easily hurt or angered by criticism
have a nagging sense of disappointment, emptiness or shame when they fall short
feel let down, taken for granted or unappreciated by the people in their lives
NPD and pathological narcissism is a serious mental health condition that can cause psychological suffering and problems in relationships. This can impact work, finances, life satisfaction, and stability. Therapy can help alleviate this suffering and affect positive change.