The Family Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder - 9781608820405

Both fearful of abandonment and prone to impulsive, inappropriate behaviors that typically drive others away, people with BPD often have unstable relationships with those closest to them. There may seem to be no end to the arguments, accusations, and guilt both BPD sufferers and their families face. The program in Families and Borderline Personality Disorder was developed by dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) expert Alan Fruzzetti to help family members of people with BPD manage their emotions and reactions in ways that not only help their family member with BPD, but also enable family members to remain consistent with their own personal boundaries and values.

Founded on the core principle of reciprocity, this program helps family members take a blame-free approach to interacting with their loved one with BPD. The program encourages readers to act in ways that reflect their own core values, shows readers how to validate the BPD sufferer in their life in order to help him or her to develop emotion regulation skills, and offers skills for drawing boundaries so that readers do not internalize blame, guilt, or a sense of responsibility for their loved oneís actions and responses. Readers also learn the same DBT skills that are so helpful to BPD sufferers themselves in order to reduce stress and conflict, decrease feelings of depression and hopelessness, and build the familyís support for their loved one with BPD. The program in this book has already been used successfully with thousands of families, and has been proven effective by an independent study. By learning and applying these skills, families can remain strong and supportive, forming the perfect environment for helping BPD sufferers recover and learn and practice skills for helping themselves.

Informazioni bibliografiche

• Titolo del Libro in lingua: The Family Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder
• Sottotitolo: Finding Peace in Your Family Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy
• Lingua: English
• Autore:  Alan Fruzzetti
• Editore: New Harbinger Pubns Inc
• Collana: New Harbinger Pubns Inc (Paperback)
• Data di Pubblicazione: 25 Dicembre '17
• Genere: Lingua Inglese
• Pagine: 224
• ISBN-10: 1608820408
• EAN-13: 9781608820405