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Attachment Styles and Hope for Your Relationship March 15, 2021 . No Comments
By Dr. Jocelyn Markowicz, PhD, Psychologist Attachment Hope for Couples: How to Improve Your Security Odds You walk into the room and lock eyes with the most gorgeous human being you ... Read More
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What Do C-PTSD and Borderline Personality Have in Common? June 28, 2019 . No Comments
Posttraumatic stress (PTSD) and complex posttraumatic stress (C-PTSD) are related but distinct from each other. C-PTSD is thought to be an enhanced version of PTSD. C-PTSD is, in turn, ... Read More
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How to Tell the Difference Between Bipolar and Borderline Personality May 9, 2019 . 2 Comments
Impulsivity, mood swings, irritability, high and low periods, patterns of troubled relationships—these symptoms often indicate bipolar, but they can just as easily appear in people who ... Read More
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How Do the Differences Between BPD and C-PTSD Affect Diagnosis? August 2, 2018 . 13 Comments
Consider a person in therapy whose most evident trait is their inconsistency. From session to session, they vacillate between excitement and anxiety. One week they feel fully confident, ... Read More
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Relationships and Borderline Personality: How Therapy Helped Me Grow April 20, 2018 . 9 Comments
During early childhood and throughout my adolescence, I lived in chaotic and toxic environments that I could not control. My parents argued frequently, and the mood in my household was ... Read More
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Best of 2016: GoodTherapy.org’s Top 10 Resources for Borderline Personality December 29, 2016 . 5 Comments
In recent years, greater awareness of mental health concerns and their prevalence has led to greater efforts to decrease stigma surrounding these issues and discrimination against those ... Read More
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5 Myths that Undermine Treatment of Borderline Personality May 19, 2016 . 10 Comments
Misconceptions regarding borderline personality (BPD) are widespread. General fallacies and longstanding myths have been reinforced by often overdramatic media portrayals, misguided literature, ... Read More
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Therapy Changes Brains of People with Borderline Personality December 21, 2015 . 6 Comments
Research has shown transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP) improves outcomes in people with borderline personality, but a small study suggests the treatment could actually change participants’ ... Read More
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Borderline Personality and Chronic Pain: The Curious Link July 27, 2015 . 10 Comments
Borderline personality (BP) is estimated to affect between 1.5% and 6% of people in the United States. Core features of BP include black-and-white, all-or-nothing thinking, intense, rapidly ... Read More
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Should We Abolish the Diagnosis of Borderline Personality? October 15, 2013 . 13 Comments
The diagnosis of “borderline personality disorder” carries profound stigma for many people. Even some mental health professionals use the term pejoratively, which is not difficult considering ... Read More
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Does Borderline Personality Develop in the Womb? August 28, 2013 . 4 Comments
Research on borderline personality (BPD) has explored various avenues in search of risk factors. But according to a recent study, some of the biggest risk factors for BPD may develop in ... Read More
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Targeted Treatment Reduces Suicide Risk in Borderline Personality Disorder March 14, 2013 . 1 Comment
One of the most common forms of treatment for borderline personality (BPD) is dialectic behavioral therapy (DBT). DBT focuses on targeting symptoms and behaviors, and aims to reduce symptom ... Read More