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When Hope is Not Enough: a how-to guide for living with and loving someone with Borderline Personality Disorder is packed full of insights, advice and practical skills to help you understand your BP and to reestablish the lines of communication. If you are a Non-BP, WHINE is an essential resource. If you have BPD, I would recommend that you recommend WHINE to your family members, partners and friends (that is, if they are aware of your disorder). WHINE helps to build the bridge of understanding, serenity and effective communication between Nons and BPs.
Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder
The Bible of DBT Skills Training. It is intended for therapists that treat BPD, but has a lot of valuable information for everyone dealing with someone with BPD.
A great resource for learning how to “train” a person (or an animal). Fantastic for learning reinforcement and shaping of behavior.
A resource for understanding mindfulness and an introduction to Zen and compassion.
Don’t Let Emotions Run Your Life
A DBT therapist applies the rules of DBT to everyday life.
Emotions research Paul Ekman tells how to identify emotions.
New Hope for People with Borderline Personality Disorder
A strong, lucid book about BPD.
An update to “I Hate You, Don’t Leave Me” with better techniques and strategies for BPD.
I Don’t Have to Make Everything All Better
A fairly good book on validation techniques.
A guide to feeling better yourself and understanding how to feel good.
A revew of the scientist/Buddhist summit on Destructive Emotions.
In this book, a noted expert in the use of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) in couples’ therapy adapts this powerful set of emotion regulation tools. Using mindfulness and distress tolerance techniques, you’ll learn how to deescalate conflict situations before they have a chance to flare into serious fights. Other techniques help partners in a relationship disclose their personal fears and vulnerabilities and validate one another’s experiences. Ultimately, you’ll learn how to manage problems with negotiation, not conflict, and how to find true acceptance and closeness with your partner.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Workbook
First developed for treating borderline personality disorder, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) has proven effective as treatment for a range of other mental health problems, especially for those characterized by overwhelming emotions. Research shows that DBT can improve your ability to handle distress without losing control and acting destructively. In order to make use of these techniques, you need to build skills in four key areas–distress tolerance, mindfulness, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.
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