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 love helping clients make sense of their hidden stories and experiences. Often, these create chaos, make us unsure, and throw us off balance. I believe that everyone needs a comfortable place to rediscover balance and wholeness through unraveling their stories. While I see a variety of clients, I love pre-marital therapy, married couples struggling with intimacy, as well as singles and women ...
I work with couples, individuals and groups on relationship skill-building. My services are tailored to your needs. Using tenets of Integral theory and Dialectical Behavior Therapy, I am here-and-now focused, using feelings as a focus for working toward solutions collaboratively. I offer group counseling on special topics. I want you to get the best support money can buy. If you are going to...
Originally from Bronx, NY, I have worked with a huge demographic.I have worked as a contractor for the Army Reserve as a Youth Services Specialist responsible for Family Programming, Yellow Ribbon Re-Integration Events, Battle Weekends, etc. In addition, to enhance my social services background, I have also served as a Care Ambassador with CDC assisting with Ebola outreach prevention services. ...
I believe that life is full of dialectics (two opposing truths) that need to be accepted and balanced in one's life to maintain a harmony between peace of mind, peace of heart and peace within relationships. As a therapist, I help my clients help themselves to achieve or to restore this balance. I have aimed at providing a counseling experience that exudes an unconditional positive regard and...
Hello, We have a zeal for helping others embrace their beauty and I believe therapy is healthy. If you are dealing with depression, anxiety, marriage issues, parenting or you may feel like something is not quite right, but you can't put your finger on it or you may know exactly what's going wrong. It is important that you feel understood and supported. It is also critical to find a safe place t...
I enjoy helping those facing diverse challenges such as: anxiety and depression, trauma (including growing up in an abusive family), self-esteem, attachment issues, struggles with loss and grief, relationship and family conflict, and spiritual struggles related to mental health. Particularly, I have a special heart for 1.5 and 2nd generation Koreans and their parents who face difficulties relat...
I believe that in order to truly recover from the issues that occur in life, we must find ways to cope so that we are better able to handle them in the future. In order to do that, we must do the tough work of self-discovery. Whether the issue is grief/loss, addiction, depression, anxiety, or trauma, I can help you discover a path to the better version you aspire to be. My experience as a...
I will work in partnership with you to help you overcome current problems, situations and crisis and help you develop the best version of yourself. I will listen to you give voice to your fears, confusion, hopes and dreams. I am experienced in helping people cope with serious mental and emotional problems, and moving past trauma and troubles. I can help you through common life problems related ...
Improving the quality of your life is my focus. I've found that through talk therapy that can happen. Our experiences and our relationships contribute to the person we are today and how we respond to the world around us. I would be honored to join you in your journey or the journey of your child to increase insight and understanding and to develop a better way of coping when life gets complicat...
***Accepting new clients*** My mission in life, and as a professional, is to spread more good than harm. The reason this education and career have called me is my deep interest in change and positive growth in people. Inside of a relationship built on trust, mutual respect, and confidentiality, counseling may provide you with the opportunity for change that you have been looking for....
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who works exclusively with the parents of adolescents who struggle with mental illness; substance abuse; relationship distress; impulsive behaviors including suicidal and self-injurious behavior; and assisting those parents in setting limits and boundaries with their adolescents . My therapeutic approach is to use solution focused therapy techniques,...
Are you sick of feeling overwhelmed? Does it feel like you keep trying to move forward and there's something holding you back? Are you tired of taking care of everyone else around you and never having time to take care of yourself? Have you tried to feel better, lose weight or workout and still struggle with being comfortable with who you are? If you answered yes to any of these questions then ...
I have been practicing in Boone NC for over 20 years, meeting with adults and teens, who are struggling with a variety of issues including depression, anxiety, relationships, and eating disorders. I have spent most of my career working with college students at Appalachian State's Counseling Center where I started the Eating Concerns Treatment Team and engaged in outreach to students in an effor...
It is difficult to try and sort through our own traumas, painful memories, emotions, and intrusive thoughts while maintaining responsibilities and expectations. You may find yourself feeling disorganized, inadequate, and overwhelmed, which is understandable given all of the past circumstances compounding on top of what's right in front of you. As you embark on this new path towards change and...
All you need is yourself. Individual therapy provides a safe environment where you can learn about your self and have the opportunity to create a change in your life. When mind, body and spirit are in harmony, happiness is the natural result. Elena is trained in psychological treatments by current leaders in the field of psychology: Intensive training in CBT for Personality Disorders; training ...
