Borderline Personality Disorder is difficulty in relationships, intense fears of abandonment, mood instability such as anger and sadness, impulsivity, and thinking in terms of extremes. Thoughts surrounding relationships often cause the most harm, as people with BPD tend to have an over-idealized or extremely negative picture of the same relationship. Impulsiveness can lead to risk-taking. Some people with BPD can have suicidal thoughts or self-harm behaviors.
Available Treatment Options
Therapist interventions for BPD often involve challenging unhelpful thought patterns in terms of a person’s ideas about themselves and their relationships, such as in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) or Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Once challenged, therapy can then help alter these thought patterns to be more helpful and realistic.
Therapists Who Specialize in Helping Those Who Struggle With Borderline Personality
As a psychotherapist, I believe in the importance of working collaboratively with clients to highlight their strengths while applying problem-solving techniques and providing psychoeducation as a basis for my therapeutic work. I pride myself on my ability to make a positive and meaningful impact in a client’s life while utilizing an empathetic approach that fosters trust. My approach to therapy...
Me desempeño desde un encuadre psicoanalítico combinando elementos de diversas teorías como la cognitiva-conductual, existencial y gestaltica. Mi rol es activo, intento junto a la persona que consulta aclarar, reformular el motivo de la misma, orientarlo/a ya sea durante la sesión o al finalizar la misma comunicar con señalamientos, preguntas lo que se haya trasmitido mediante el discurso, las...
Stress is something that none of us can avoid in life, we experience it for many different reasons, in many ways. At times, our stress may feel unmanageable, it may cause us to experience strong emotions and to feel out of control. It may interfere with our ability to function and to feel like ourselves. It can overshadow the positive and enjoyable moments and feel impossible to overcome....
As a therapist I specialize in trauma and stress. I am a combat veteran and career first responder and I strive to serve those who served, however I accept clients from all walks of life. My clinical orientation is Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, however I am also trained in Dialectic Behavior Therapy, Mindfulness Based Trauma Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy...
Stephanie's 7 years of experience in the mental health field has given her the opportunity to serve and counsel individuals, couples, and families working through depression, anxiety, marital stress, trauma, aggression, family strain, self harm, and suicidal ideation. She has worked with children, adults, and geriatric populations at the hospital psychiatric units, and adults and teens at...
Today-- is a great day to get started to on having better mental health! I firmly believe that going to see a licensed professional mental health counselor is one of the smartest decisions that anyone can make in their lifetime. I believe this --because I have gone to see a counselor when I was going " through a tough spot" in my life. My therapist was completely honest and helped me to gain a...
My clients come from many situations. Mostly they come to me with brokenness, some are addicted to drugs, alcohol and/or sex. Some struggle inside their marriages. Others arrive with deep longings to be of value or feel worthy. I see a large number of men with sexual addiction. I see wives that feel traumatized and betrayed. Often people arrive in my office in a crisis. Most couples I see are i...
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Do you constantly feel like you're trying to fit in? For creative thinkers it can be so hard to find our place in the world. We get lost in the daily shuffle and can often lose a sense of who we are and who we want to be. So often past trauma and harmful relationships completely change our views of ourselves. We feel disconnected, unmotivated, and lost. Change and healing CAN happen. Sometimes,...
Tara works as a therapist to service individuals, couples, adolescents, and families. She earned her Master’s degree from Friends University in Marriage and Family Therapy. She began her career working at South Central Mental Health in Andover, KS, before transitioning into private practice in 2013. Tara has focused her practice on working with anxiety, depression, survivors of suicide, attachm...
I have been working in various mental health settings over the past 4 years with experience working as a crisis counselor, in-home counselor, school-based services, and providing outpatient counseling within a community service board organization. My integrative, holistic, and humanistic approach assists me with a range of mental health diagnoses, symptoms and specialties my clients may...
As a social worker I have worked in a variety of settings from birth to death. I connect well with adolescents and young adults through a variety of challenges they may be facing such as trauma, anxiety, depression, life changes, peer relationships, and stress. In my recent years I have been working in healthcare as a supervisor for a local women's program and part time for a busy hospital...
I believe one of the bravest things you can do is begin to understand your own story. You deserve a life worth living! Whether you are a parent looking for a therapist to work with your child/teenager or an adult struggling to find their purpose in life, you have the ability to become the best version of yourself. As your therapist, I would help you discover your strengths & develop a confidenc...
Rebecca is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with experience working with a myriad of mental health issues and psychiatric disorders in a variety of settings. Rebecca believes that everyone deserves a life filled with purpose, joy, and peace. At times, people can find themselves feeling disempowered and “stuck”; Rebecca enjoys helping clients engage in self-exploration so they can shift focus...
I believe in the individual and their ability to help themselves. I focus on the pursuit of self-awareness and actualization through analysis of thought processes, past life experiences, family systems and other concerns the client identifies. While this requires strength, empathy, humility, and vulnerability, a greater understanding of oneself will lead to emotional intelligence, maturity and,...
