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
My personal approach centers around providing a supportive environment to help clients feel safe and understood. I have over eight years of experience working with children, adolescents, couples and adults with poor social skills, emotional stress, depression, anxiety, sexual abuse and severe trauma histories. With compassion, humor, and understanding, I will work with you to help you build on...
My ideal client may or may not have an idea where his or her distress is coming from but IS motivated to make changes to alleviate that distress. Together, we will develop strategies tailored to you to help you cope with current and/or past stressors so that you may lead a more peaceful, content life. My goal with all my clients is to help them feel like the best version of themselves. I work...
I want to work together with you to take those first steps towards positive growth and change in your life. As a psychotherapist, I see my role as a partner to you. I will assist you to identify and work together towards the treatment goals that you will set for yourself. I will work with you to change negative thinking, improve self esteem, work through painful emotions, improve relationships,...
It is my belief that each of us can heal from emotional, physical and sexual trauma. In the prescense of compassion, kindness and non-judgment, I listen to, and witness the suffering and profound pain shared during therapy. In therapy, the healing power of compassion; sense of being understood by and cared for by another human being is offered. Each of us has the same needs when we are sufferin...
As a psychotherapist I am committed to creating a warm, emphatic environment where you will feel comfortable expressing your thoughts and feelings, and engage in the collaborative process of self-exploration. I work with adolescents, adults, couples and families to address concerns including trauma, depression, anxiety, substance abuse, relationship issues, parenting challenges and stage of lif...
I am a licensed clinical psychologist, bilingual in Farsi (Persian), with over 8 years of experience providing treatment to children, adolescents, and adults. I work with wide range of emotional and behavioral challenges an individual faces in life including depression, anxiety, traumatic experiences, grief, relationship and parenting issues, work and academic stress as well as acculturation &...
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I provide a safe, non-judgmental place for you to talk about problems. I believe that people do the best they know how even at their most troubled moment. Our job together is to help you find new ways of coping with problems. We will work together on the goals you set for treatment, capitalizing on the unique personal strengths you already have. I am a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist...
When life's stresses bring us to the point of being unable to cope with problems on our own, we need to talk with a skilled, effective, understanding professional. Someone sympathetic, yet unbiased, encouraging us to overcome problems and maximize the positive aspects of our life. My individualized treatment approach enables my patients to progress beyond depression, defeatism and other behavio...
I'm passionate about helping people heal. I'll meet you where you are in pain, SEVERE DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, life struggles. My approach is SCHEMA THERAPY combined with ISTDP -- "Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy" -- based on empathy, genuineness, and it works QUICKLY to facilitate permanent change -- sometimes in a single session. Dramatic change in less than 5 sessions. Compassion and...
I provide individual counseling to late adolescents and adults, with a special interest in adjustment and periods of transition. My clinical focus is on issues of mood and depression, stress and anxiety, adjustment to life transitions, relationship distress, grief, self-esteem and identity issues, self-harm, and trauma-related issues. I begin with a person-centered approach - believing in each...
My ideal client is someone who is committed to working toward real and lasting change. Someone willing to learn that change does not just come from a behavioral switch. Real growth happens when a person's heart engages in the process and understands, internally, first. Each person needs to participate in their counseling; not just be an observer/consumer. I am committed to make each session a s...
This journey of life can sometimes be trying, difficult, and uncomfortable, but I believe that by meeting clients where they are and working together, we can create steps in a journey which will lead to a brighter future. I look forward to working with you to untangle and pull strings from the past, create meaning in the present and make space for healing in the future Do you find yourself...
I work with two private practices: Delaware Psychologist Services and Atlantic Psych Associates. Your first session would be scheduled by one of these offices. I provide office and Tele-Therapy sessions. Obtaining balance in our lives improves our functioning and elevates our quality of life. We can explore what a balanced life means to you and what are your priorities. We can discover what ste...
I have experience with a broad range of issues and encourage an honest, relationship-based approach to therapy. We work together to explore the issues most important to you. I believe that everyone is capable of change, though easy to say, it is very challenging to put into action. Therapy can create a safe space to reflect upon your world and history. It is a mindful process to accept and...
