Understanding your Borderline Personality Disorder: A Workbook

A diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder can be a difficult and frightening experience for both the sufferer and those who care for them. It is therefore very important that sufferers and their carers are provided with clear and accessible information about the disorder and what the diagnosis may mean for them.
Understanding Your Borderline Personality Disorder: A Workbook provides a structured framework for healthcare professionals to use with those diagnosed with the disorder. The workbook covers diagnosis, treatment options and relapse prevention, as well as providing interactive opportunities to explore and discuss different symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder. It presents alternative coping strategies that are designed to work alongside talking and pharmacological therapies. Understanding Your Borderline Personality Disorder: A Workbook also contains frequently–asked questions sections, case studies and assessment questionnaires, providing practitioners with a complete psychoeducational resource.
An invaluable tool for all those working with Borderline Personality Disorder sufferers, this workbook will help to promote the therapeutic relationship between professional and client, and will be welcomed by psychologists, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses and mental health workers.


Spis treści:
About the author.
Preface.
Series Editor Preface.
Acknowledgements.
UNDERSTANDING YOUR ILLNESS.
SESSION 1
What does personality mean?
What is a personality disorder?
What have people said about Borderline Personality Disorder?
What is it like to suffer from Borderline Personality Disorder?
SESSION 2
Can you inherit Borderline Personality Disorder?
Is it something to do with the brain?
Does the environment in which you grew up cause you to develop Borderline Personality Disorder?
What famous people suffer from Borderline Personality Disorder?
SESSION 3
What are the symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder?
What famous people have self harmed?
SESSION 4
What are talking therapies?
What are creative arts therapies?
What are the roles of professionals who treat me?
What difficulties might I anticipate regarding a working relationship with my therapist?
SESSION 5
How can medication help with symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder?
How can you work with your GP regarding your prescribed medication?
What is the most commonly prescribed medication?
SESSION 6
Wheel of mood swings.
Wheel of psychosis.
Wheel of impulsive behaviours.
Wheel of emptiness and boredom.
Wheel of suicidal ideas.
Wheel of abandonment.
Wheel of relationships.
Wheel of self harming.
Wheel of anger.
Wheel of self identity.
Bibliography and Further Reading.
Index.

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A diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder can be a difficult and frightening experience for both the sufferer and those who care for them. It is therefore very important that sufferers and their carers are provided with clear and accessible information about the disorder and what the diagnosis may mean for them.
Understanding Your Borderline Personality Disorder: A Workbook provides a structured framework for healthcare professionals to use with those diagnosed with the disorder. The workbook covers diagnosis, treatment options and relapse prevention, as well as providing interactive opportunities to explore and discuss different symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder. It presents alternative coping strategies that are designed to work alongside talking and pharmacological therapies. Understanding Your Borderline Personality Disorder: A Workbook also contains frequently–asked questions sections, case studies and assessment questionnaires, providing practitioners with a complete psychoeducational resource.
A n invaluable tool for all those working with Borderline Personality Disorder sufferers, this workbook will help to promote the therapeutic relationship between professional and client, and will be welcomed by psychologists, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses and mental health workers.