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
In modern western society, we have become disconnected from how we feel and what we want. Instead of using our bodies and hearts, we direct our minds to think about, rather than feel, human emotion. We've developed unhealthy defenses such as denial or rationalization to avoid feelings and explain our behavior. Therapy provides a safe space to help us see things about ourselves we don't already...
I have 20 years experience in mental health counseling and psychiatric nursing. I have a passion to help the hurting find hope. Life is beautiful like the ocean at sunset. Life can also bring in trials like waves that knock us off of our feet and leave us gasping for air and feel like we are drowning. Whether it is situations in life such as divorce and death or it could be disorders such as...
In a safe and supportive environment I work with adults, teens, children, couples, and families. For more than thirty years I have worked collaboratively with my clients around many different concerns, including illness and grief, relationship stress, separation and divorce, parenting (including co-parenting and step-parenting), career change and stress, care-taking of elderly and other family...
I have been a licensed therapist for over 18 years. I enjoy being able to help clients on an individual, relational and family basis. Deciding to come to therapy can be a difficult and personal choice and my job is to help one define what is best suited for one's needs and life changes. Navigation of life circumstances can be challenging and finding your strengths and assets to guide you helps ...
Sometimes in life, we face various problems or setbacks that impede our identity, self-esteem, relationships, and/or aspirations. Through therapy, we can safely and quickly develop ways to achieve your life goals and improve life satisfaction. I work dynamically and collaboratively to explore your inner thoughts and feelings to bring positive changes and meaning to your present life. In...
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The secret suffering we all experience is rarely laid bare for one another, yet we know it's shared. Feedback that I have received is that I am "blunt, but with a heart." I respectfully and directly refer to and discuss the suffering and its sources. I have extensive experience working with youth and their families, include in my field of interest improving communication within couples, coping...
Nothing is worse than feeling out of control. Whether you are having trouble with a specific situation or your life has been taken over by anxiety, panic, depression, intrusive thoughts or actions - there is hope. I understand your fear and frustrations because I have the unique experience of having been there myself. Over 15 years ago my life changed suddenly and found myself in a constant sta...
Are you feeling stressed, sad, overwhelmed, angry, unfulfilled, not enjoying life the way you would like to? Is it difficult to have fun? Hard to get motivated to go to work? Are struggling in relationships with others? It's hard feeling the need to pretend to be happy, when inside you feel so low. Sometimes you cry and feel empty... Some days you feel guilty or worthless... You don't feel like...
My approach to counseling is framed around two perspectives. The first is that each individual knows themselves best. Because of that belief I am available to help individuals achieve the change they seek based on an understanding that each person may just need some guidance to access the knowledge they already have inside of them. The second perspective involves not dwelling on the origins of...
I am Licensed Professional Counselor and LPC Supervisor. I work with individual adults, families, and children. My practice is a trauma informed, open, inclusive, and positive place. I am trained in, and regularly use, CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) with clients for a variety of issues including trauma, depression, addiction and anxie...
Our first session is a consultation. It is important for me to get a good understanding of why the person is seeking therapy. I need to know what is going on that is problematic, creating pain, stress or anxiety. I'm a good listener, non-judgmental, and believe I create a safe environment helping a person to speak openly. I'm also experienced in stress reduction and self-management techniques l...
I am a trained ART Therapist. Accelerated Resolution Therapy is a form of psychotherapy with roots in existing evidence-based therapies. Which has shown to achieve benefits much more rapidly usually within few sessions? Clients with depression, anxiety, panic attacks, (PTSD) substance abuse, sexual abuse and many other physical conditions. My ideal client is one who is striving to make a change...
I practice cognitive behavioral therapy and schema therapy to help patients break free of repetitive patterns and lead more fulfilling lives. Specifically, I specialize in the treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive related disorders, and trauma related disorders. I teach and supervise at Weill Cornell Medical College and have been involved in various treatment outcome...
These are trying times, to say the least. Prior to COVID-19 life was already stressful enough, now with the added stress of this unprecedented crisis you may feel that your mood hasn’t been the best and anxious thoughts may be creeping in more than they did in the past. In times like these you need coping skills and someone to talk through the difficult thoughts and feelings that are coming up....
