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
I am an energetic, youthful, and altruistic mental health counselor skilled in new age models of therapy. My overall therapeutic goal is to work alongside clients to empower them to find their inner strength and help them channel it to make the appropriate changes in their lives. I am skilled in working with a wide range of clinical issues. Most of my experience lies in working with: LGBTIQ...
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Welcome to this courageous step toward well-being! Heartland Healing embraces your strength & complexity, and aims to provide insight and practical support in challenging times. As CEO, I have 12 years of experience as a clinician & advocate with LGBTQIA+ individuals, survivors of complex trauma, & people with disabilities. Our therapists provide evidence-based therapy across a wide breadth of...
During this Pandemic, we are faced with difficult situations. We have no control over what is happening in the world; we can control how we respond to what is happening, that is where our inner peace lies. Difficult events and relationships give us opportunities to change. I work well with those struggling with Eating Disorders, Trauma, Depression, Anxiety, Co- Dependency, Grief, Cancer, ADHD a...
