Home > Specializations > Dependent Personality Disorder Treatment

Dependent Personality Disorder Treatment

What is Dependent Personality Disorder?

Individuals with Dependent Personality Disorder view themselves as being unable to function without significant help from others. As a result, they fear separation and may appear passive, clingy, or submissive.  Dependent Personality Disorder starts during early adulthood and is present across a variety of contexts.

Other signs and symptoms of Dependent Personality Disorder Include…

  • Needing excessive advice or reassurance before making even small decisions
  • Letting others take responsibility for important areas of one’s life
  • Fear that disagreeing with others will damage the relationship and result in a loss of support
  • Difficulty starting tasks independently, based on low self-efficacy
  • Bending over backward to obtain nurturing from others, even if it means doing things that are unpleasant
  • Fear of being alone, due to perceived inability to care for oneself
  • Seeking another close relationship right away if an important relationship ends
  • Persistent fears of abandonment, and being left to care for oneself alone

Therapy for Dependent Personality Disorder can help you to…

  • Realize what you are capable of doing independently
  • Practice making decisions on your own
  • Improve your ability to be more assertive in your relationships with others
  • Clarify your values, and how you can take steps towards cultivating the life that you want for yourself

Learn about other Specialty Services

Addictions ADHD Adjustment Disorder Agoraphobia Alexithymia Anger Management Anger Management - Court Ordered Anorexia Nervosa Anticipatory Grief Anxiety Disorders Asexuality and Aromanticism Assertiveness Attachment Disorders Attachment in Adults Atypical Sexuality Autism Spectrum Disorder Bipolar Disorder Body Dysmorphic Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder Bulimia Nervosa Bullying and Cyberbullying Burnout Christian Counselling Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Chronic Pain Management Communication Skills Compulsive Lying Conduct Disorder Dependent Personality Disorder Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder Depression Dermatophagia Dissociative Fugue Dyspareunia Eating Disorders Emotion Dysregulation Emotionally-based Sexual Difficulties Enuresis or Bedwetting Erectile Dysfunction Excoriation Disorder Fertility Issues Gambling Gender Identity Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Grief & Loss Health Anxiety Healthy Boundaries Hoarding Illness in Adults Illness in Children and Teens Impostor Syndrome Insomnia and Parasomnia Intellectual Disabilities Interpersonal Relationships Leadership Learning Disorders LGBTQ+ Support Life Transitions Managerial Courage Mood Disorders Moral Injury Motivation Narcissistic Abuse Survivors Narcissistic Personality Disorder Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder OCD Oppositional Defiant Disorder Panic Attacks Parenting Skills Perfectionism Performance Anxiety Personal Growth Personality Disorders Phobias Postpartum Anxiety Postpartum Depression Pre-Marital Counselling Pregnancy and Motherhood Premature and Delayed Ejaculation Problem-Solving Skills Procrastination Psychosis Psychosocial Oncology PTSD Racism and Discrimination Re-Kindle Love Refugee and Immigration Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Selective Mutism Self-Esteem Self-Sabotage Separation or Divorce Sexual Addiction Sexual Concerns Sleep Disorders Social Anxiety Stress Management Surviving Abuse Time Management and Organization Tinnitus Tourette Syndrome Transgender Vaginismus Video Game Addiction Work Concerns