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Overcoming Borderline Personality Disorder: A Family Guide for Healing and Change
Written by Valerie Porr, MA and Linda A. Dimeff, PhD
Narrated by Donna Postel
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
Overcoming Borderline Personality Disorder is a compassionate and informative guide to understanding this profoundly unsettling-and widely misunderstood-mental illness, believed to affect approximately six percent of the general population.
Rather than viewing people with BPD as manipulative opponents in a bitter struggle, or pitying them as emotional invalids, Valerie Porr cites cutting-edge science to show that BPD is a true neurobiological disorder and not, as many come to believe, a character flaw or the result of bad parenting. Porr then clearly and accessibly explains what BPD is, which therapies have proven effective, and how to rise above the weighty stigma associated with the disorder.
Offering families and loved ones supportive guidance that both acknowledges the difficulties they face and shows how they can be overcome, Porr teaches empirically-supported and effective coping behaviors and interpersonal skills, such as new ways of talking about emotions, how to be aware of nonverbal communication, and validating difficult experiences. These skills are derived from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Mentalization-Based Therapy, two evidence-based treatments that have proven highly successful in reducing family conflict while increasing trust.
Rather than viewing people with BPD as manipulative opponents in a bitter struggle, or pitying them as emotional invalids, Valerie Porr cites cutting-edge science to show that BPD is a true neurobiological disorder and not, as many come to believe, a character flaw or the result of bad parenting. Porr then clearly and accessibly explains what BPD is, which therapies have proven effective, and how to rise above the weighty stigma associated with the disorder.
Offering families and loved ones supportive guidance that both acknowledges the difficulties they face and shows how they can be overcome, Porr teaches empirically-supported and effective coping behaviors and interpersonal skills, such as new ways of talking about emotions, how to be aware of nonverbal communication, and validating difficult experiences. These skills are derived from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Mentalization-Based Therapy, two evidence-based treatments that have proven highly successful in reducing family conflict while increasing trust.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book is amazing! This book is written in a such a way as to help give family members of persons diagnosed with BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) exercises, tools and support in dealing with their family member's mental illness. However, as a person reading this who have themselves been diagnosed with BPD, I found it most helpful. It's as if I was able to step outside of myself and look at me and my actions and thoughts from an outsider's point of view. It was monumentally helpful in helping me understand more about myself and why I do things that I do. Even more helpful was learning that I'm not the only person who struggles with these issues. I would DEFINITELY recommend this book to ANYONE dealing with BPD in their families, circle of friends, or even in themselves. Chapters 7 & 8 are pure gold! Great book!
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book changes lives for all those suffering and their family. Learning about neurobiology and genetics made all the difference in the world. Helps families to understand the pain and suffering of their loved ones with BPD while helping them build compassion and empathy. Highly recommend this book.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book is amazing! This book is written in a such a way as to help give family members of persons diagnosed with BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) exercises, tools and support in dealing with their family member's mental illness. However, as a person reading this who have themselves been diagnosed with BPD, I found it most helpful. It's as if I was able to step outside of myself and look at me and my actions and thoughts from an outsider's point of view. It was monumentally helpful in helping me understand more about myself and why I do things that I do. Even more helpful was learning that I'm not the only person who struggles with these issues. I would DEFINITELY recommend this book to ANYONE dealing with BPD in their families, circle of friends, or even in themselves. Chapters 7 & 8 are pure gold! Great book!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book is amazing! This book is written in a such a way as to help give family members of persons diagnosed with BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) exercises, tools and support in dealing with their family member's mental illness. However, as a person reading this who have themselves been diagnosed with BPD, I found it most helpful. It's as if I was able to step outside of myself and look at me and my actions and thoughts from an outsider's point of view. It was monumentally helpful in helping me understand more about myself and why I do things that I do. Even more helpful was learning that I'm not the only person who struggles with these issues. I would DEFINITELY recommend this book to ANYONE dealing with BPD in their families, circle of friends, or even in themselves. Chapters 7 & 8 are pure gold! Great book!