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
Counseling is a process where you and I as a therapist co-operate to discover the things that have kept you from living, and being the person you want to be. In order to help, I need to know about your situation and life in general. It is important that you be willing to talk frankly about your thoughts and feelings etc. This takes tremendous courage. As we discuss your needs, my job is to help...
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I began human service work in 1986 after receiving my Bachelor of Science degree in Counseling from the University of Montevallo, located in Montevallo, Alabama. I received my Master of Education in Counseling from the University of Montevallo in 1994. I became a Licensed Professional Counselor in 2001. I am currently licensed in Alabama and Georgia (inactive at present in Georgia), and am a bo...
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Current: Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center Training: NYU-Bellevue Hospital Center; LIU; Columbia University Medical Center/NYSPI...
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