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
Starting therapy can feel daunting, so take a moment to acknowledge that you have come this far in recognizing psychotherapy may be a helpful approach for you. Therapy requires self-reflection, an open heart, and a curious mind into learning about ourselves and the way in which we interact with the world and those around us. Although it may be daunting, it is incredibly rewarding to unpack and...
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Lyndsay is a passionate and empathic psychotherapist. She utilizes principles from various treatment modalities and evidence based practices including; CBT, DBT, person-centered therapy, ACT, existentialism, motivational interviewing and psychodynamic therapy. Lyndsay’s approach is dynamic and personalized to each client. She provides a warm, safe and nonjudgmental space to engage in exploratio...
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Shanna’s integrative approach to therapy respects and values the diversity and uniqueness of individual clients. She provides mental health counseling to adult and adolescent individuals, integrating a number of different therapeutic styles and modalities, depending on what fits the best with the client and situation. Her holistic approach to therapy considers the impact of the systems in which...
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I am a clinical social worker who aims to provide a safe space to work through personal challenges in a judgement free, non-authoritative, non-biased, no pressure environment. Wherever you are on your journey, healing and growth come from a place of acceptance and change. One must accept what is, through discovery and self-expression, while working to change the areas in one’s life that aren’t...
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