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 graduated from The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology in 2011 and have been working with children, teens, families and adults in a variety of settings ranging from church kids to registered sex offenders in the foster care system. The last three years, I have been in community mental health working with low income children and their families. I utilize PACE in therapy (Playfulness,...
Painful experiences can impact how we react to the world and can lead to feeling disconnected, stuck, overwhelmed, or unfulfilled. The ways you have been coping with these experiences may no longer working. I have a passion for working with people struggling with using substances, compulsive sexual behaviors, partner betrayal, and trauma. My approach is grounded in research with interventions t...
As individuals, we experience life stressors, and during these times we can benefit from therapy as a resource to clarify our intentions. As a licensed psychotherapist, I have experience in assisting adults, teens, children, families, and couples overcome many of life's challenges. As a systemic therapist, I understand that problems not only affect you, but also your environment. Our social lif...
Many of my clients wish they were happier and would like to feel confident that they have the skills and tools to reach their goals but there are some past or current experiences interfering with their quality of life. I start where clients are and move forward at their preferred pace. It is difficult to talk to a stranger but it is helpful to process with someone who is trained and skilled who...
Delinda Swanston is a licensed professional counselor in the Commonwealth of Virginia whose work includes meeting needs of adults, children, and adolescents in inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and field settings. Her 25 years experience includes confidential service to military personnel and their families oversees, and stateside. She has served for 11 years as an officer for local human right...
Aisha Alston is a licensed mental health counselor from the state of North Carolina. There are two Mantra’s she often refers to in therapy with clients. Change is a personal choice which is often uncomfortable. The other is, what you allow will continue. Aisha has experience working with clients that are seeking counseling for an array of challenges faced in life. She works with all individuals...
Kelly is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who specializes in Sexual Addiction and complex partner betrayal trauma. Her other focus areas include compulsive sexual behaviors (including but not limited to masturbation and pornography), relationship infidelity, trauma reactions, couples healing, post-traumatic stress disorders, and mood disorders. Kelly is a Certified Sex Addiction Therapis...
ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS!!!! My philosophy includes being committed to providing a safe and caring environment where people can share what they feel they need to share. I use a variety of techniques and philosophies that will help someone be confident in who they are so they can experience happiness and control within their life. Developing self-esteem and confidence is a pillar of success. I am a...
I believe one of the bravest things you can do is to begin to understand your own story and heal through the journey of self love. You really can have It all. You deserve to live a life that leaves you excited to wake up every morning. In therapy my goal is to cultivate an environment where you will feel safe to heal from all the emotional wounds and pain you've been carrying around all your li...
Finding the right therapist is an important step in your healing process. I believe people possess more strength and resilience than they realize and my passion is assisting with that realization. My areas of focus include life transitions, grief and loss, trauma, depression, anxiety and addiction. You will be met with compassion and understanding while we work together to address the issues...
My Name is Deborah Aloisi, I'm an independent social worker in Massachusetts, offering individual and couples counseling. Solutions can come at the speed of life starting in the moment with Rational Emotive Behavioral therapy and sometimes Gestalt theories to explore repeated patterns. Often with anxiety the creative brain is turned off leading to depression. The creative state of mind can be...
My passion for the process of therapy and my genuine interest in your story creates a warm and hopeful environment to begin our work together. I am an active and empathic clinician whose belief in my clients' abilities and strengths strongly informs all aspects of my work. I use dynamic and holistic methods to help clients improve coping tools and address symptoms. Equally importantly, I work w...
Welcome! I believe that one of the essential ingredients of change and transformative psychotherapy is the relationship between the individual and the therapist. Feeling understood and comfortable only helps reduce one's symptoms, encouraging self-acceptance, but also leads toward deeper work which promotes lasting change and a deeper experience of one's whole self. My Treatment approach is...
My work as a psychologist is rooted in a profound belief that by recognizing and honoring our complex, messy life stories with honesty and gentleness, we lay the foundation to heal the obstacles preventing us from building fulfilling, meaningful lives. Throughout life, we all create narratives about ourselves to help us survive. These narratives are shaped by myriad factors (individual life...
Life is filled with challenges. If you are looking for support and guidance through a difficult time in your life, therapy could be a great place to start! For supportive guidance along with practical solutions that fit into the reality of your world- I might be a good fit for you and/or your family! “Down to earth”, and “easy to talk to” are two ways that my clients often describe me. I am...
