David Bruce

The relationship patterns that bring people to therapy rarely arrive without a history.

Relationships that swing between intense closeness and sudden rupture. Emotions that hit harder than the moment seems to call for. Criticism that lands like an attack, and relationships that keep ending the same way, even when you're trying. These are often the patterns behind BPD and NPD, and the ones people most often feel judged for. For those on the other side of these relationships, narcissistic abuse leaves its own kind of residue, shaping what you expect from people, from yourself, and from the idea of safety.

I'm a Registered Psychotherapist and co-founder of So You Need Therapy. My practice centres on BPD, NPD, and other personality disorders, and on the people affected by them. I also work with C-PTSD, autism, and relationship difficulties, seeing individuals, couples, and families of all ages. My approach is direct and relational, with real curiosity about what sits underneath the presenting problem and the logic that keeps it in place.