Narcissistic Abuse & Love Addiction Therapist near Memorial, Houston
Support for narcissistic abuse recovery and love addiction
from a therapist who specializes in exactly this.
Understanding What You’re Actually Dealing With
These two experiences often look alike from the outside – staying too long, minimizing red flags, going back after you said you wouldn’t – but they come from different places. Narcissistic abuse traces back to someone else’s manipulation: gaslighting, control, a slow erosion of your sense of reality. Meanwhile, love addiction traces back to something in you: a pull toward intensity, a hard time tolerating calm, mistaking highs and lows for passion.
Many people carry both at once, especially if a narcissistic relationship reinforced a pattern that was already there. Figuring out which one (or both) you’re dealing with isn’t about assigning blame – it’s about knowing what kind of work will actually help.
If you’re not sure which one describes you, that’s exactly where to start.
Recovering from Narcissistic Abuse
- Constantly second-guessing your own memory of events
- Feeling like you were “too sensitive” for reacting to something that genuinely hurt
- Walking on eggshells, even now, around someone who isn’t there
- Struggling to trust your own judgment in new relationships
Individual narcissistic abuse therapy focuses on rebuilding that trust in your own perception, often without any contact with the person who caused the harm. This is about your recovery, not resolving anything with them.
Reach out today to schedule a session with Renee Lederman, LPC, and start coming back to yourself.
Virtual Sessions, When Discretion Matters
For some people, this work isn’t just about convenience – it’s about safety. If you’re still entangled with, living near, or wary of the person who caused this harm, virtual sessions at Relational Healing offer a level of discretion that matters just as much as the therapy itself. You can do this work from wherever feels safest, on your own terms.
Understanding Love Addiction: When Intensity Feels Like “Love”
Love addiction often comes from an old attachment wound – a place where love once felt unpredictable, so the nervous system learned to associate intensity, chaos, or chasing with connection itself. Calm can start to feel like something’s missing, even when nothing actually is.
A few signs this might describe you:
- Mistaking anxiety or uncertainty in a relationship for passion
- Feeling bored or “off” when things are stable
- Repeatedly choosing partners who are unavailable, unpredictable, or hard to pin down
- Struggling to walk away from a relationship even when you know it isn’t good for you
Individual therapy for love addiction works at the root of this – the attachment wound underneath the pattern – so calm starts to feel like safety instead of absence.
Contact us today to book a session and start learning what steady actually feels like.
It’s Okay to Not Have This Figured Out Yet…
If you’re still not sure whether this is narcissistic abuse, love addiction, or some combination of both, that’s not a sign you’re overthinking it – it’s a sign these two things genuinely overlap, and untangling them takes time.
You don’t need a clean diagnosis to deserve support. You just need a place to begin.
Questions Worth Asking First (FAQs)
What does a narcissistic abuse therapist in Memorial, Houston, actually help with?
Renee Lederman, LPC, works with clients throughout Memorial, Houston, on rebuilding trust in their own perception after gaslighting or manipulation, and processing the relationship without needing contact with the person who caused the harm.
Can love addiction and narcissistic abuse happen at the same time?
Yes. Narcissistic abuse comes from someone else’s manipulation, while love addiction comes from your own pull toward intensity or instability, and it’s common to experience both, especially when a narcissistic relationship reinforced a pattern that was already there.
What should I look for in a love addiction therapist near Memorial, Houston?
Look for someone with specific experience in attachment-based work, not just general relationship counseling. Renee’s approach focuses on the attachment wound underneath the pattern, not just the behaviors on the surface.
Trust Yourself Enough to Take This Step
You spent long enough doubting your own read on things, or chasing a version of love that never quite settled. This is a chance to trust that instinct again, one choice at a time, starting with this one.
Contact us today to begin, whenever you feel ready.
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