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
Our clients are smart, capable people emotionally struggling despite their best efforts. They have held themselves together just well enough for years, but then they reach a tipping point and know they need the help of an expert. We provide meaningful, effective video therapy to help you overcome emotional pain and live a life that matches your hopes and values. Our practice is LGBTQIA affirmin...
I have experience working in the inpatient setting with adolescents, adults, and their families. I enjoy working with adolescents and adults from all backgrounds with a variety of mental health needs including trauma and PTSD, relationship concerns, challenging life transitions, anxiety, depression, anger management issues, Autism, depression, and other emotional/ behavioral issues/needs. I...
I am a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and a Board-Certified Diplomat (BCD) in Clinical Social Work with over 10 years of clinical experience. I received my Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh and earned my Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Maryland. I began my professional career by providing counseling services at a non-profit, therapeu...
To an outsider, your life might look pretty good, but deep down inside you feel dissatisfied, disconnected, and unlovable. You give your all to others, and yet your own tank feels empty. Sometimes you try to fill this hole with distractions, like toxic relationships, food, or alcohol. You stay really busy (too busy!) to avoid feeling anything unpleasant and to distract from the self-doubting...
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Barbara Darby is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia and holds a Masters of Science in Psychology from Nova Southeastern University. I have over 16 years of counseling experience working with adolescents, adults, couples, and families. I approach therapy using methods and techniques from Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Family Systems Theory, EMDR, Mindfulness Based Interventions, ...
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Lateacia strives to bring an effective blend of experiences, empowerment, education, encouragement and support in order to maximize outcomes and provide genuine healing and wholeness to individuals, marriages and families. Lateacia’s approach to counseling is centered on the therapeutic alliance. She places a strong value on co-creating an environment where individuals feel safe, connected,...
Sara and Marin make up Koinonia Counseling Center, PLLC. where they specialize in trauma. Marin focuses not only on trauma but specializes in Dissociative Identity Disorders and other complex dissociative disorders. Sara has a trauma focus in military behavioral health and substance abuse. Both are rainbow allies and seek to provide a nurturing, empathetic environment for their clients. We also...
I am a psychotherapist who received my graduate education at Columbia University. Having served as a clinician at a leading eating disorder treatment center in New York City, my experience lies in treating eating disorders and disordered eating, anxiety, OCD, depression, and trauma. Given that our relationships with others and with ourselves are often at the core of these concerns, we will exam...
Dr. Sharp conducts comprehensive psychological evaluations for all ages. Evaluation services include testing for learning disorders, ADHD, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), developmental evaluations, other psychological & cognitive (IQ) concerns; diagnostic clarification, adoption cases, foster care services, & more. We also offer psychological testing for independent educational evaluations (IEE...
Seeking a better state of mental health is a fundamentally hopeful endeavor. I firmly believe that every person has the internal capacity for change and I hope to help each person to turn that hope into progress. In my over ten years of experience working with a wide variety of clients I have specialized in helping those clients that are searching to put the pieces of their life into a clearer...
