Personality Disorders therapists in Ammanford, Wales
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Kevin Martin
Counsellor/Therapist, Psychotherapist Psychodynamic Analysis & Transactional Analysis, BACP, ITTA, EA
Personality disorders are a group of mental health conditions characterised by enduring patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving that significantly deviate from cultural expectations. These patterns usually emerge in adolescence or early adulthood, are inflexible, and cause distress or significant impairment in social, occupational, and personal functioning.
Core Characteristics
Pervasive & Inflexible: Thoughts, emotional responses, and behaviours remain rigid and consistent across a wide range of personal and social situations.
Distorted Self-Image and Relational Patterns: A person's perception of themselves, others, and events is often distorted, often leading to intense, unstable, or difficult interpersonal relationships.
Emotional Regulation Challenges: Many personality disorders involve intense emotional swings, high impulsivity, or profound difficulty managing distress.
Understanding the Clusters
Clinicians generally group personality disorders into three distinct categories (clusters) based on shared symptoms and characteristics:
Cluster A (Odd or Eccentric): Includes Paranoid, Schizoid, and Schizotypal personality disorders. Individuals often display peculiar or unusual behaviours, social detachment, and distorted ways of thinking.
Cluster B (Dramatic, Emotional, or Erratic): Includes Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, and Narcissistic personality disorders. Individuals often struggle to regulate emotions, control impulses, and maintain stable self-esteem or relationships.
Cluster C (Anxious or Fearful): Includes Avoidant, Dependent, and Obsessive-Compulsive personality disorders. Individuals frequently experience chronic anxiety, deep-seated fears of rejection, or an excessive need for control and perfection.
Treatment and Outlook
While personality disorders can be complex and deeply ingrained, they are treatable. Specialised psychotherapy—such as Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)—along with supportive psychiatric care, can help individuals develop healthier coping mechanisms, build stable relationships, and improve their quality of life.
Remember: A personality disorder describes patterns of behaviour and thought, not who a person is at their core. With patience, self-awareness, and professional guidance, meaningful growth and healing are possible.
10 Years Experience
Online in Ammanford, Wales (Online Only)
Aravinda Nandakumar
Counsellor/Therapist, EMDR, EFT, SCHEMA Therapy, M.Sc. (Counselling & Family Therapy)
Personality disorders of long-standing patterns that affect emotions, relationships, and daily functioning. I integrate Schema Therapy, CBT, compassion, focused therapy, and EMDR (when appropriate) to help clients understand these patterns, improve emotional regulation and develop healthier relationships, and clear lasting change.
5 Years Experience
Online in Ammanford, Wales
Dr Paul Garden
Psychologist, Doctorate in Psychology, DPsych, MSc with Distinction, BSc First Class Honours.
The Personality Disorders are another group of medical diagnostic terms that are used frequently in everyday conversation. There is often a lot of misunderstanding and stigma associated with the term. I have specialized in working with people with these diagnoses - who frequently have experiences of themselves struggling with conflict in relationships, and feeling extremes of emotion.
11 Years Experience
Online in Ammanford, Wales
Empowered Wellbeing, Decolonizing Intersectional and Integrative Complex Trauma & Dissociation Recovery Support
Life Coach, view my credentials online at: www.recoveringfromwithin.com/credentialslongform
We work from a parts perspective and meld in understanding of power dynamics and neuorbiological expressions of behaviors, traits and states to discern the depth of the qualities being expressed. We may look holistically and in an integrative way at the internal and relational process. It may be collaborative to supplement our work with integrative health approaches, such as neurofeedback/biofeedback and dietary and lifestyle changes to support neuroplasticity and more easeful ventral state access. As stated above, we also employ functional health support for NPD, BPD, Bipolar, some alexithymic based expressions...
15 Years Experience
Online in Ammanford, Wales (Online Only)
Dr George Booty. The PsychoTRAUMA Clinic (Convergence College of Psychotherapy)
Registered Psychotherapist, Dr, DPsych, MA Couns, MA Psych, PG Dip Spvn
Most are due to Trauma related early life issues of some sort - Let's talk about the diagnosis and see what we may uncover together
31 Years Experience
Online in Ammanford, Wales
Personality Disorders therapists in Ammanford, Wales Statistics
Personality Disorders therapists in Ammanford, Wales average 17 years of experience and charge around ¤141 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (56%), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) (56%), and Psychodynamic Therapy (56%).
Average years in practice
17 Years Experience
Average cost per session
¤141
Accept insurance
39%
Offer sliding scale
50%
Gender ID
| 53% |
Male |
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| 42% |
Female |
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| 5% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 61% |
In Person and Online |
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| 39% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 56% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 56% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 56% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 50% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 50% | Psychoanalytic Therapy |
| 44% | Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) |
| 39% | Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 72% | Senior |
| 72% | Young Adult |
| 56% | Teen |
| 17% | Children |
Client Focus
| 67% | LGBTQ+ |
| 67% | Women |
| 61% | Men |
| 56% | Persons with Disabilities |
| 44% | Asian |