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
f you are looking for non-judgmental, emphatic, and compassionate support, I am here to help. I am dedicated in creating a safe space where we can work together to help meet your needs. I'm a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with experience in helping children, adults, and families in addressing diverse mental health, substance use and social life issues. I have extensive experience ...
"At the center of your being, you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want." -Lao Tzu. I believe this to be true for all individuals, though depression, anxiety, and other mental health symptoms can obscure this understanding, leaving us lost and confused along the way. I work with individuals and couples who have deviated from or lost sight of their values, and are look...
Everyone deserves time and space to explore and better understand their thoughts, feelings, reactions and behaviors, and to experience inner peace and joy. It is an honor to share space with someone interested in growth and healing. Once we can better understand our past experiences and how they affect us in the present, we have more choices and can make adjustments in our life as we see fit. I...
I earned earned my M.A. and Doctoral degree at Illinois School of Professional Psychology. As a licensed clinical psychologist I have worked with a diverse clinical population ranging in ages from 6 to 100+ years old. However, my specific interest and strengths are in adult and geriatric clients that struggle with comorbid mood disorders and medical conditions. My clinical work focuses on worki...
I work with individuals who seek to truly understand themselves and what drives their behaviors. Exploring one’s inner world with curiosity and compassion makes up an important first step to healing. When an individual’s inner and outer selves are aligned and unacknowledged pain is surfaced, one is freed up to heal and live more fully and honestly. You may have a sense that bits and pieces of...
We serve patients with general, adult & geriatric, and adolescent psychiatric needs. We are skilled in treating anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, personality disorders, autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, bipolar, schizophrenia, OCD, & LGBT issues. We are a Suboxone® provider & provide effective addiction management. UK Psych offers psychodynamic therapy with two therapists on staff. We also work...
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**Ring the bells that still can ring; forget your perfect offering; there is a crack in everything; that's how the light gets in. (Leonard Cohen)** Are you feeling hopeless? Lost? Confused? Maybe you yearn for more joy or you are processing a loss or major life change. Perhaps anxiety and panic has shown up for reasons you can't understand or control. I am a therapist specializing in depression...
“I want to feel better. I want a better relationship with my partner or children. I need someone to really listen to me.” These are some of the comments I hear when someone comes to counseling for the first time. Often the clients I see have struggled with depression, anxiety, conflict or trauma for years before they seek help from a therapist. What if counseling could improve your quality of l...
. I am a Licensed Master Social Worker with specialized training and experience surrounding depression, anxiety, stress, transition, trauma and sex therapy/ couples counseling. I use creative techniques and a strengths-based, holistic perspective in my work. The therapeutic relationship is a collaborative one and it is vital for my client’s growth to feel safe to explore their feelings, thought...
I have been working in the field of eating disorders since 2008 and I am committed to help client’s understand and fully overcome their eating disorder's so that they have peace within their mind, body, and spirit. I earned her Bachelors of Arts at Rutgers University and Masters of Science at Columbia University. In 2017 I became a certified eating disorder specialist and supervisor and current...
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My practice is currently fuIl and am not taking new patients. I will update my profile when able to accept new patients. I am interested in continuing to work with adolescents and adults looking to improve life and be comfortable as a perfectly imperfect authentic self. I love the intersection between eastern philosophy and western neurobiology. Being able to work with all people, big trauma,...
As a trained clinical therapist with years of practice and supervision, my approach has a Person Centered focus based on an individual‘s unique characteristics, goals and principles. I can help people effectively manage difficulties in life and most mental health issues. I firmly believe that everyone is able to change if they want to change. We all go through times during life when we feel stu...
Stress changes us physically. Exposure to stressful situations instantly triggers measurable physiological changes in body. Stress changes our brain and body chemistry, affecting how we think, feel, and see the world! Stress cannot always be avoided, but it can be controlled. I specialize in helping people use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to handle stress by recognizing the mental traps we all...
