Borderline Personality Disorder & DBT Therapy Resources for those with BPD

Tami strongly feels that it is important to find the best, most accurate and positive resources to get you quickly pointed down the right path to Borderline Personality Disorder recovery, or to understanding how to live with and support someone with this personality disorder. These are "Hall of Famers" that she recommends you take a look at.

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Resources and Links

Borderline Personality Disorder Facts

Tami Green's Fact Sheet on Borderline Personality Disorder

Borderline Personality Books

Borderline Personality Disorder in Adolescents: A Complete Guide to Understanding and Coping When Your Adolescent Has BPD by Dr. Blaise A. Aguirre (Author) offers parents, caregivers, and adolescents themselves a complete understanding of this complex and tough-to-treat disorder. It thoroughly explains what it is and what a patient's treatment options are. Dr. Aguirre describes recent advances in treatments and brings into focus what we do and don't know about this condition. He explains the most advanced techniques available, including the revolutionary new treatment called dialectic behavior therapy.

The New Personality Self-Portrait: Why You Think, Work, Love and Act the Way You Do, by Dr. John M. Oldham (Author), Dr. Lois B. Morris (Author). This is a handy book which allows each to self-test to determine their unique personality style. It gives tips on balancing out the strengths and weaknesses of each type, and also includes compatible matches for different styles.

The High Conflict Couple: A Dialectical Behavior Therapy Guide to Finding Peace, Intimacy, & Validation by Dr. Alan E., Ph.D. Fruzzetti (Author), Dr. Marsha M. Linehan (Foreword.) In this book, you will learn a powerful set of emotion regulation tools. Using mindfulness and distress tolerance techniques, you'll learn how to deescalate conflict situations before they have a chance to flare into serious fights Ultimately, you’ll learn how to manage problems with negotiation, not conflict, and how to find true acceptance and closeness with your partner.

Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified: An Essential Guide for Understanding and Living with BPD (Paperback) by Dr. Robert Friedel. The emotional instability, impulsive behavior and impaired reasoning that often characterize BPD can thus be controlled with therapy and medication, though Friedel also stresses the importance of the patient’s taking responsibility for following through on treatment. For readers who suspect that they or someone they love suffers from Borderline Personality Disorder, this guide is a good place to start learning how to find help.

New Hope for People with Borderline Personality Disorder: Your Friendly, Authoritative Guide to the Latest in Traditional and Complementary Solutions (Paperback) by Dr. Neil R. Bockian. My personal regimen includes many "alternative" treatments and Dr. Bockian's research was very helpful to me in building my own treatment portfolio over-and-above just prescriptions and therapy.

Borderline Personality Organizations

National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder. The local family support structure is solid and they provide enormously helpful "Family Connections" classes at a price that can't be beat!

Behavioral Tech, LLC, founded by Dr. Marsha Linehan, trains mental health care providers and treatment teams in DBT. I find Dr. Linehan to be a passionate advocate for us, as well as a brilliant discoverer of a treatment that works very well for many!

National Alliance on Mental Illness. The largest advocacy and education organization supporting all mental disorders.

http://www.middle-path.org/ Kiera Van Gilder's Middle Path website is an online resource striving to provide education, advocacy and resources for those affected by borderline personality disorder.

http://www.dbtselfhelp.com/ Lisa Dietz's website is a service for people who are seeking information and worksheets about DBT (Dialectal Behavior Therapy).

Borderline Personality Coaching

Tami Green Life Coach. If you are highly motivated to have excellent mental health, we will work on time management, goal setting and achieving, building relationships, finding meaningful work and career transition. We will also work on stress and anxiety managment and changing your thoughts to change your life. I strongly incorporate DBT skills training into all sessions.

 

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