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 this big world that we live in, we often find ourselves surrounded by people, but walking entirely alone. They don’t understand us and when we stop to think about it, we realize that we don’t really understand ourselves. The pain, fear, and other struggles become who you think you are, losing the true sense of the person you were meant to be. You’ve tried changing your personality or appeara...
Greetings! I am co-founder of YANA Counseling Services, LLC. When pain enters our lives, it can be powerful and disheartening. This oftentimes causes us to isolate ourselves from others. I believe that healing is rooted in connection. My hope is that clients find their strengths and inner resources in order to improve their overall quality of life. Everyone deserves a fresh start. I work hard t...
I work with adults who struggle with emotional, relational, and behavioral difficulties and are looking to create positive changes in their lives. Underlying any therapeutic techniques, my approach is fundamentally humanistic. I respect clients as they are, and help guide and support them in achieving their unique goals, and becoming more happy, effective, successful, and fulfilled. I provide...
I have been a Licensed Therapist since 2000 and have been providing therapy services since that time. I have been treating all diagnosis, but I do specialize in substance abuse and the elderly. I am also a recovering substance abuser of 30 years and provide both group and individual programs. We also have Daniel Sherar LCSW/LCAC in our office who has been licensed since 2001. Daniel spent many...
John Herdman, Ph. D., LADC is a licensed psychologist, and a licensed alcohol and drug abuse counselor. He has over 46 years of school, military, counseling, and consulting experience. He is the owner of Parallels and its Clinical Director. Dr. Herdman uses his years of experience to help clients make positive changes in their life. As a specialist in addictions (substance abuse and process...
I believe that each of us are not only wired for struggle, but, even more importantly, we are also wired to overcome those struggles. The active support, care, and skills available through a counseling relationship can be the most effective tools we use to battle against life's adversities. I value the courage and vulnerability it takes to enter into a counseling relationship. As someone who ha...
Hello. Thank you for taking the time to visit my profile and for the courage to step into the therapeutic experience. I believe that therapy is a collaborative process and that it is an honor to step into my clients' lives and innermost experiences. I specialize in working with teens, young adults, and adults with trauma, anxiety, emotional dysregulation, and low self-esteem. I also specialize ...
I am particularly skilled working alongside pre-adolescents, adolescent, young adult females, and parents of teens, who feel stuck and in the trenches of family dynamics, significant relationships, life circumstances, and/or mental health conditions. Your teen may be desperately trying to find an outlet to channel their feelings. Are they overachievers pouring all their energy into school or...
We are all filled with expectations and hopes, but sometimes things happen that keep us from our plans, from being happy, or just... from being. Perhaps fear, sadness, or grief have kept you stuck for a while, which has left you feeling depressed, anxious, or hopeless. This is completely understandable; our experiences can certainly shape us, but they do not have to define us. With compassion a...
Seeking therapy is a sign of strength and I believe that you are the expert on your life. My role as a therapist is to collaborate with you to help utilize your strengths and guide you towards the future you desire. Therapy is a nonjudgmental and flexible environment that nurtures the needs and goals of each individual client. Within this framework, I strive to find the approach that matches yo...
The decision to seek out therapy can be daunting. It often means admitting to ourselves that there may be something wrong, and that can be scary. It takes a LOT of courage to seek help. Overcoming that battle, is the first step toward positive change. I strive to create a safe environment, where it's ok to feel vulnerable. In collaboration with you, we will plot a course to a happier, healthier...
My practice of clinical and consulting psychology draws upon a diverse training in a variety of approaches, including but not limited to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), family systems therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), Integrative Restoration Yoga Nidra Meditation (iRest) ...
I try not to place any client in a box with my own ideal of what I would like a client to be like or how I would like them to work on something in therapy. All my clients have been unique in their own way and I have enjoyed getting to know them as individuals. As a therapist specializing in psychosis, I combine a CBT and DBT based approach to help individuals coping with psychosis decrease some...
I am passionate about helping clients achieve their goals of leading more satisfying, productive, self-directed lives. Using an insight-oriented approach, we’ll focus on relational patterns, communication styles, and early childhood influences, integrating tools and skills as needed. We’ll work to foster health, growth and healing at your pace. My practice is particularly focused on life...
If you've come this far you are already considering the possibility of change, this is understandably daunting but be encouraged that you are at this stage. For many years I have worked with a range of complicated and talented individuals who have sought treatment for often interrelated reasons: anxiety, depression, relationship and sexuality issues - to name a few. However, your wish to seek...
