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Personalized Care for Personality Disorders

Personality disorders are often misunderstood as they vary in type, symptoms and severity. Common personality disorders include histrionic, narcissistic, paranoid, avoidant and schizoid personality disorder. Trying to navigate a personality disorder can be challenging, especially when your symptoms seem unmanageable.

Our specialized personality disorder treatment programs in California help you manage your symptoms, provide valuable resources, work on emotional regulation, and restore stability. At Clear Behavioral Health, we create highly individualized personality disorder treatment programs in California that can help you identify, manage, and learn real-life coping skills for your condition.

Personality Disorder Therapy at Clear Behavioral Health

Our treatments for personality disorders utilize a comprehensive approach, ensuring that we focus on healing your body and mind.

We offer a full continuum of care to treat personality disorders throughout the Los Angeles, CA area, including residential mental health treatment, outpatient programs (partial hospitalization program (PHP) and intensive outpatient program (IOP), and a virtual IOP that can help you manage your personality disorder from anywhere in California.

Working with various therapeutic modalities in our programs helps treat the entire person, not just the personality disorder. Our programs are in-network with most insurance plans, so you can worry less about finances and focus on healing

Complimentary Initial Assessment

You’ll begin with a thorough assessment in which you provide information about your background. Your assessment will include questions regarding the symptoms you are experiencing, the difficulties your symptoms bring you, any medication history, mental health history, and substance use history and your upbringing.

This helps us to create an individualized plan to treat your personality disorder.

Our Treatment Programs at Clear
Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)

Personality disorders can hinder your quality of life if not managed accordingly. Our PHP and IOP programs are a great option if you need a little more support compared to just seeing a therapist.

Each program includes individual and group therapists, the option for medication if needed, individual and group case management sessions, and holistic modalities.

PHP

Includes:

2-4 weeks of treatment
5 days per week
6 hours per day

Monday through Friday

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IOP

Includes:

6-8 weeks of treatment
3 days a week
3 hours per day

We work with your schedule, Monday through Friday

What to Expect with PHP and IOP for Personality Disorders

After assessing the severity of your personality disorder symptoms, you will enter the best program for your unique needs. It’s common to start at the PHP level of care, then transition to IOP after you make some progress and your symptoms improve.

When entering our PHP or IOP program to manage your personality disorder, you can expect a multimodal approach including individual talk therapy, medication management if recommended, case management, group therapy, and holistic methods. These programs include:

Individual Therapy

Individual therapy is a highly tailored type of therapy session since it’s completely about you. Working on any issues you may have had growing up, previous mental health struggles, physical health conditions, and how your current personality disorder symptoms hinder your life will all be discussed.

Our therapists are trained mental health professionals educated in effective therapy methods, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), somatic therapy, EMDR, and Gestalt therapy.

Medication Management

If your personality disorder symptoms require more than therapy alone, one of our psychiatrists may recommend medication. Medication can be a great tool to help manage personality disorders, coupled with therapeutic techniques.

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Case Management

Once a week, you will have a case management session to help you develop tools and skills to manage your emotions and bring stability to your daily life. These are everyday skills that will help you as you progress in treatment as well as in the future.

Group Therapy

In our programs, you will attend daily group therapy sessions. Working through your problems in a group allows you to connect and find support from others also dealing with similar conditions, and heal together with your peers. These sessions include skills building, relationship building, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).

Holistic Groups

You’ll join our holistic therapy groups, which include meditation for mindfulness, stress, yoga, sound baths, and more. Holistic therapy has been proven as a successful treatment modality to bring us back into our bodies through breath-work and remind you to stay present.

Our Treatment Centers Near You

Outpatient Facilities:

Inpatient Facilities:

Our Virtual/Online IOP for Personality Disorders

Whether you have completed a PHP or IOP yet feel like you need more support, or cannot participate in an in-person program due to location or time constraints, our virtual IOP is a great option for personality disorder treatment. You get the same great treatment from our other programs, but online. This helps with flexibility and accessibility issues, catering to your current needs.

Our online treatment programs are in-network with most insurance providers and available for all residents of California.

Our Outpatient PHP and IOP Programs for Personality Disorders

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Outpatient Mental Health Treatment

Outpatient Mental Health Treatment for Teens

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Dual Diagnosis Mental Health Treatment

Our Residential Mental Health Treatment for Personality Disorders

If your personality disorder symptoms are significantly interfering with your daily life or haven’t responded adequately to outpatient therapy, our specialized residential treatment program provides the structured environment needed for meaningful recovery.

In this comprehensive level of care, you’ll participate in evidence-based therapies, be supported by round-the-clock clinical staff, have comfortable semi-private accommodations, peaceful environments for reflection, and nutritionally balanced meals designed to support emotional regulation.

Our residential program offers you the opportunity to step away from triggering environments, establish emotional stability, practice interpersonal effectiveness in a supportive community, develop consistent self-regulation strategies, and build the core skills necessary for maintaining healthier relationships and improved functioning when you return to your everyday life.

What are Personality Disorders?

Personalities are created from the way we think, feel, and behave in the world. This can be influenced by many things like childhood, environment, and belief systems and can change over time.

When you have a personality disorder, it is a mood disorder that typically affects your behavior, emotions, and overall personality traits. When managing a personality disorder, you might feel isolated or misunderstood. If left untreated, personality disorders can have detrimental effects to your life.

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Symptoms and Signs of a Personality Disorder

Some common signs and symptoms of a personality disorder are as follows:

Ongoing irritability
Difficulty regulating emotions
Inflated or distorted self-image
Unrealistic expectations for yourself
Delusions
Chronic boredom
Lack of self-awareness
Mood swings

These symptoms can lead to significant distress in your daily life. You might struggle with maintaining relationships, or work, feel unable to be truly happy in your day-to-day, and have difficulty completing basic tasks or achieving your goals.

Types of Personality Disorders

Personality disorders are categorized into clusters. These clusters, A, B, and C, cluster together personality disorders with similar symptoms. Here are the most common personality types:

Cluster A:

Unconventional Behavioral Disorders

Paranoid Personality Disorder
Schizoid Personality Disorder
Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Cluster B:

Unpredictable and Dramatic Behavior

Histrionic Personality Disorder
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder

Cluster C:

Fearful or Anxious Behavior

Avoidant Personality Disorder
Dependent Personality Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD)

If you struggle with a personality disorder, you might experience symptoms of other mental health conditions, including depression and anxiety. Also, you could be more susceptible to developing a personality disorder if you suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

At times, intense emotions and severe symptoms can lead you to self-medicate with drugs or alcohol, which, in turn, can turn into substance abuse. At Clear Behavioral Health, we have a dual diagnosis program to help treat co-occurring conditions.

How to Treat Personality Disorders

If you’re struggling with a personality disorder, seeking professional help can transform your life. Expert treatment provides evidence-based approaches to manage personality disorder symptoms while incorporating comprehensive modalities that foster emotional regulation and interpersonal effectiveness.

While our treatment programs offer excellent therapeutic options for personality disorders, you might benefit from other levels of care, including talk therapy or psychiatry. Our partner, Neuro Wellness Spa, provides diverse treatment options for personality disorders, and we can guide you through these options to determine the most appropriate treatment path for you.

At Clear Behavioral Health, you can develop essential emotional regulation skills and effective interpersonal strategies while focusing on your long-term healing. Living successfully with a personality disorder is achievable, and we’re committed to helping you build a life with more stable relationships and improved emotional well-being.

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Our Other Services

We provide the full spectrum of mental health services and addiction treatment for mental health and substance use disorders including PTSD, depression, anxiety, OCD, alcohol and drug addiction, and more. Learn more about our other services:

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Frequently Asked Questions

What causes personality disorders?
The cause of personality disorders is complex and not a solidified lens. Some confirmed factors can contribute to personality disorders, like environmental factors like trauma, abuse, or neglect. Genetic factors can also come into play, so having certain genes can increase the risk of certain personality disorders. Reach out to Clear Behavioral Health today if you have a personality disorder.

Contact Clear Behavioral Health today to start treating your personality disorder.
Can my personality disorder be cured?
There is no cure for personality disorders, but you can manage them with therapeutic techniques coupled with medication if approved by a medical professional. People with personality disorders live full lives once they receive the help they need to manage their symptoms.

Call us today to receive the support you need to manage your personality disorder and live a full life.
What is the best treatment for personality disorders?
The best treatment for personality disorders is therapeutic techniques like individual therapy, medication management, and holistic modalities. These, used in tandem, tend to work best for positive outcomes in treatment. At Clear Behavioral Health, we include these techniques in our programs, plus more.

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