Personality Disorders

I have extensive experience and knowledge specifically with borderline personality disorder, dependent personality disorder, and avoidant personality disorder.

Personality disorders can make life feel chaotic—intense emotions, relationship struggles, and patterns that feel impossible to change. But real change is possible. I help people understand their emotions, navigate relationships, and build stability. My approach is compassionate, practical, and tailored to you—because healing isn’t about becoming someone else, but about feeling more balanced, confident, and in control of your own story.

Struggling with chronic emotion dysregulation and distress can feel isolating and demoralizing. With DBT I help clients diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder or Borderline traits build skills to soothe emotional distress, regulate and focus the mind, and build a true life worth living. I have extensive training in DBT and its applications, and have offered DBT in all levels of care and settings.

Dialectical behavior therapy is considered the best treatment for individuals who have been diagnosed with personality disorders. I am well trained in DBT and use it with all of my clients. I also am very knowledgeable about highly emotional people and trauma - and how both of these factors are often present with individuals with personality disorders.

Over the last two years, I've worked with clients with borderline personality disorder exploring ways in which they can feel more confident about their relationships, manage self-harm behaviors, and emotionally regulate. I incorporate dialectical behavioral therapy which is the front-line for BPD.

I have extensive training, expertise, and experience treating Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). In my private practice, I treat both individuals who meet criteria for BPD but for whom Comprehensive DBT is not indicated, and individuals who don't meet criteria for BPD but experience BPD symptoms/traits.

I am formally trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) through Behavioral Tech - Marsha Linehan's training foundation. I have both residential and outpatient experience treating symptoms common in personality disorders such as suicidality, self-harm, and interpersonal struggles.

I work with a wide variety of individuals ranging from 14 to 74, some of which struggle with symptoms of Borderline, Histrionic, Narcissistic, Avoidant, and Dependent Personality Disorders. These individuals have stories revealing a great deal of pain from wounds that did not heal properly or completely and manifest in patterns throughout their lives. Together we will uncover and process through experiences while establishing a safe and healthy therapeutic relationship towards hope and healing.

Experiencing chronic emotional distress and dysregulation can leave us feeling isolated and alone, and like we can't get connected to ourselves. I have worked extensively with people diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder and Borderline Traits for years with empathic validation and effective Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Many of my clients utilize DBT skills to soothe distress, regulate emotions, and truly build a life that's worth living.

I have extensive training, expertise, and experience treating Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and, in my private practice, I treat both individuals who meet criteria for BPD but for whom Comprehensive DBT is not indicated, and individuals who don't meet criteria for BPD but experience BPD symptoms/traits.

I help you understand and navigate relationships affected by personality issues. By educating you about the dynamics of personality traits and disorders, we can identify and break cycles of behavior, establish and maintain your boundaries, and use therapeutic techniques to manage interactions. This empowers you to foster respect and health in your relationships, even when dealing with challenging personality traits in others.

I specialize in helping people recover from narcissistic relationships. Together, we will: process the relationship and emotional trauma, explore emotional triggers, recognize healthy and unhealthy relationships, set boundaries, prioritize your needs, and build a healthy support system.

I specialize in treating individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) using the gold standard treatment for BPD: Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). As my clinical practice focuses on treating the insomnia, nightmares, and related sleep disruption that is so common in BPD, I integrate various DBT skills during our sleep-focused treatment.

My specialty is working with individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder utilizing DBT. I have been practicing DBT and working with individuals with BPD since 2013 and have completed multiple trainings, certifications and continuing education in this area of therapy to maintain the highest degree of expertise and training.

I utilize Schema Therapy and have extensive training and knowledge on this topic. In fact, I've even conducted trainings on this topic for other licenses therapists. It's an amazing modality and I love using this to help my clients move past unhealthy patterns and improve relationships. Schema therapy helps people with personality disorders by identifying and changing deep-rooted negative thought patterns (schemas) that develop in childhood.

Tami’s initial training in master’s level clinical work began at Pacifica Graduate Institute. This individual focused training emphasizes psychological forces such as feelings and emotions that influence behaviors. In essence, asking how our pasts effects our present. Tami’s ongoing training consists of specializations in treating Complex-Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

I specialize in helping identify patterns of coping and behavior that may no longer serve you well. Through compassionate curiosity, I can help you find healthier, happier ways of relating to yourself and others.

I use DBT and MBT to help with personality functioning and other interpersonal issues.

Feeling like your emotions are all over the place? Feeling empty, insecure, and reactive? Do you find yourself engaging in harmful, impulsive behaviors when feeling rejected or abandoned? Having difficulty maintaining stable relationships? Whether this is your experience or the experience of someone you love, therapy can genuinely make a difference, and I'm here to help you!