Borderline Personality (BPD) Treatment Centers in Illinois
Evolve’s residential treatment center offers compassionate, evidence-based treatment to adolescents ages 12-17 struggling with mental health, substance use, and/or behavioral issues. Many of our teens have been diagnosed with depression, anxiety, trauma, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) ADHD, self-harming or high-risk behaviors, and suicidal ideation. Our handpicked treatment team consists of board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrists, licensed therapists, on-site nurses, Master’s-level residential counselors and 24-hour support staff. We utilize Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) integrated with experiential therapies (e.g. equine-assisted therapy, mindfulness, surfing, music, art, drama, fitness, yoga and more). Teens participate in individual/family therapy at least five times a week, psychiatry sessions once a week, and daily groups on DBT Skills, Anger Management, Seeking Safety, and Relapse Prevention. For out-of-state families, we conduct family therapy sessions via HIPAA-compliant video conference. We also provide daily academic support to help your adolescent stay on track with school.
Evolve’s residential treatment center offers compassionate, evidence-based treatment to adolescents ages 12-17 struggling with mental health, substance use, and/or behavioral issues. Many of our teens have been diagnosed with depression, anxiety, trauma, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) ADHD, self-harming or high-risk behaviors, and suicidal ideation. Our handpicked treatment team consists of board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrists, licensed therapists, on-site nurses, Master’s-level residential counselors and 24-hour support staff. We utilize Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) integrated with experiential therapies (e.g. equine-assisted therapy, mindfulness, surfing, music, art, drama, fitness, yoga and more). Teens participate in individual/family therapy at least five times a week, psychiatry sessions once a week, and daily groups on DBT Skills, Anger Management, Seeking Safety, and Relapse Prevention. For out-of-state families, we conduct family therapy sessions via HIPAA-compliant video conference. We also provide daily academic support to help your adolescent stay on track with school.
Evolve Treatment Centers supports adolescents ages 12-17 struggling with mental health, addiction, and/or behavioral issues. Evolve Vanalden is a Comprehensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Residential Treatment Center: the first of its kind in California and one of only a handful in the country. DBT is an evidence-based treatment that has been proven to help reduce emotion dysregulation, self-harming behavior, and/or suicidal ideation. We treat teens diagnosed with depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, borderline personality disorder, addiction, or other issues. Evolve's robust clinical program includes individual and family therapy (at least five scheduled 1-hour sessions a week), DBT Skills Training Groups (4 times a week), and skills coaching (24/7). Teens learn and practice the four core skills of DBT: Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Distress Tolerance, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. At Evolve, we don't just learn DBT, we live it. With the help of our specialized staff, teens practice and apply their DBT skills at all opportunities throughout the day.
Evolve Treatment Centers supports adolescents ages 12-17 struggling with mental health, addiction, and/or behavioral issues. Evolve Vanalden is a Comprehensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Residential Treatment Center: the first of its kind in California and one of only a handful in the country. DBT is an evidence-based treatment that has been proven to help reduce emotion dysregulation, self-harming behavior, and/or suicidal ideation. We treat teens diagnosed with depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, borderline personality disorder, addiction, or other issues. Evolve's robust clinical program includes individual and family therapy (at least five scheduled 1-hour sessions a week), DBT Skills Training Groups (4 times a week), and skills coaching (24/7). Teens learn and practice the four core skills of DBT: Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Distress Tolerance, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. At Evolve, we don't just learn DBT, we live it. With the help of our specialized staff, teens practice and apply their DBT skills at all opportunities throughout the day.
Elevation Behavioral Health Mental Health Retreats
Treatment Center
Verified Verified
Bellevue, IL 61604
Elevation Behavioral Health offers a high-end recovery environment combined with individualized treatment tracks tailored to the unique needs of each client. Residents engage in a combination of traditional therapy and holistic practices for treatment that incorporates physical, mental and spiritual recovery. Staff endeavors to provide each individual with the skills and know-how to care for themselves once they complete treatment and continue their lives with a renewed perspective. Elevation Behavioral Health aims to elevate the standard for residential treatment and the client towards their highest self without the use of substances by encouraging each individual to discard their former destructive patterns and habits.
Elevation Behavioral Health offers a high-end recovery environment combined with individualized treatment tracks tailored to the unique needs of each client. Residents engage in a combination of traditional therapy and holistic practices for treatment that incorporates physical, mental and spiritual recovery. Staff endeavors to provide each individual with the skills and know-how to care for themselves once they complete treatment and continue their lives with a renewed perspective. Elevation Behavioral Health aims to elevate the standard for residential treatment and the client towards their highest self without the use of substances by encouraging each individual to discard their former destructive patterns and habits.
Wings Recovery is a residential treatment center for women located in North County San Diego. We offer intensive treatment in a small, private setting. We specialize in treating women with trauma, dissociative disorders, addiction issues, self harm and general mental health issues. We offer treatment at all levels of care including Residential (RTC), Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). Wings Recovery was developed by a doctor and therapist to provide the highest level of care and healing. Wings Recovery emphasizes a safe and empowering community, fostering healing through individual therapy, group therapy, EMDR and other trauma-focused therapies, medication management, nutrition services, vocational support, yoga, creative arts groups, mindfulness and therapeutic outings.
Wings Recovery is a residential treatment center for women located in North County San Diego. We offer intensive treatment in a small, private setting. We specialize in treating women with trauma, dissociative disorders, addiction issues, self harm and general mental health issues. We offer treatment at all levels of care including Residential (RTC), Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). Wings Recovery was developed by a doctor and therapist to provide the highest level of care and healing. Wings Recovery emphasizes a safe and empowering community, fostering healing through individual therapy, group therapy, EMDR and other trauma-focused therapies, medication management, nutrition services, vocational support, yoga, creative arts groups, mindfulness and therapeutic outings.
Located in Stockbridge, MA, with a national referral base, the Austen Riggs Center is an open and voluntary hospital-based continuum of care for adults (18+) with complex psychiatric problems. We offer a range of interventions within an integrated psychodynamic framework. An emphasis is placed on patient authority and responsibility while examining the meaning behind behaviors and how behaviors impact relationships. We treat the individual, not just the diagnosis. Patients come to us with multiple diagnoses, but we understand that these labels do not necessarily capture the essence of their struggles or strengths. In addition, through our Online Intensive Outpatient Program (now in-network with Carelon Behavioral Health) we offer online treatment to college students and emerging adults (18-30) in Massachusetts.
Located in Stockbridge, MA, with a national referral base, the Austen Riggs Center is an open and voluntary hospital-based continuum of care for adults (18+) with complex psychiatric problems. We offer a range of interventions within an integrated psychodynamic framework. An emphasis is placed on patient authority and responsibility while examining the meaning behind behaviors and how behaviors impact relationships. We treat the individual, not just the diagnosis. Patients come to us with multiple diagnoses, but we understand that these labels do not necessarily capture the essence of their struggles or strengths. In addition, through our Online Intensive Outpatient Program (now in-network with Carelon Behavioral Health) we offer online treatment to college students and emerging adults (18-30) in Massachusetts.
Behavioral Services Center is a licensed mental health and substance abuse treatment facility in the Chicagoland area. Our practitioners and therapists specialize in mental health and substance abuse treatments such as outpatient detox, medication management, individual therapy, domestic violence, parenting skills/coaching, anger management, and harm reduction. Our goal as a facility is to provide up-to-date, effective, and affordable integrative treatment.
Behavioral Services Center is a licensed mental health and substance abuse treatment facility in the Chicagoland area. Our practitioners and therapists specialize in mental health and substance abuse treatments such as outpatient detox, medication management, individual therapy, domestic violence, parenting skills/coaching, anger management, and harm reduction. Our goal as a facility is to provide up-to-date, effective, and affordable integrative treatment.
When mental health gets in the way of living your best life, we’re here to help. Compass Health Center provides immediate access to specialized, comprehensive in-person and virtual mental health services. Our age-based Partial Hospitalization (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient (IOP) programs are designed for children, adolescents, young adults, and adults with mood, anxiety, trauma, and OCD symptoms that are impacting their daily functioning. Compass Health Center's clinicians use evidence-based therapies, including CBT, DBT, ACT, and ERP, which have proven to be the gold standard for treating these conditions. In both PHP and IOP, you will work closely with your treatment team while participating in daily group therapy sessions focused on building skills and strategies to help manage symptoms.
When mental health gets in the way of living your best life, we’re here to help. Compass Health Center provides immediate access to specialized, comprehensive in-person and virtual mental health services. Our age-based Partial Hospitalization (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient (IOP) programs are designed for children, adolescents, young adults, and adults with mood, anxiety, trauma, and OCD symptoms that are impacting their daily functioning. Compass Health Center's clinicians use evidence-based therapies, including CBT, DBT, ACT, and ERP, which have proven to be the gold standard for treating these conditions. In both PHP and IOP, you will work closely with your treatment team while participating in daily group therapy sessions focused on building skills and strategies to help manage symptoms.
Clarity Clinic offers leading psychiatry, therapy, Partial Hospitalization (PHP) & Intensive Outpatient (IOP) programs, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) therapy, and psychological testing services with locations throughout Chicagoland and Illinois. At Clarity Clinic we take a holistic approach to mental health treatment. Our evaluation process is comprehensive and will help us determine whether medication (psychopharmacology), psychotherapy (“talk therapy”) or a combination of both would be most effective in your treatment plan. We are firm believers that a “one-size-fits-all” approach to mental health does not exist. Therefore, all psychiatry and therapy treatment plans are personalized to each individual’s wants and needs. Your voice will always be heard at Clarity Clinic.
Clarity Clinic offers leading psychiatry, therapy, Partial Hospitalization (PHP) & Intensive Outpatient (IOP) programs, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) therapy, and psychological testing services with locations throughout Chicagoland and Illinois. At Clarity Clinic we take a holistic approach to mental health treatment. Our evaluation process is comprehensive and will help us determine whether medication (psychopharmacology), psychotherapy (“talk therapy”) or a combination of both would be most effective in your treatment plan. We are firm believers that a “one-size-fits-all” approach to mental health does not exist. Therefore, all psychiatry and therapy treatment plans are personalized to each individual’s wants and needs. Your voice will always be heard at Clarity Clinic.
At LivingRite, our mission is to help you define and realize your life's potential. Regardless of the obstacles that one faces, everyone deserves to live life in accordance with their own dreams and expectations. We believe it is your LivingRite! Our behavioral health specialists are specifically trained in helping you come to realizations and lifestyle choices that lead you towards optimal health and happiness. Contact us and your pursuit towards optimal wellness is ready to begin.
At LivingRite, our mission is to help you define and realize your life's potential. Regardless of the obstacles that one faces, everyone deserves to live life in accordance with their own dreams and expectations. We believe it is your LivingRite! Our behavioral health specialists are specifically trained in helping you come to realizations and lifestyle choices that lead you towards optimal health and happiness. Contact us and your pursuit towards optimal wellness is ready to begin.
Families and Adolescents in Recovery, Inc.
Treatment Center
Not Verified Not Verified
Schaumburg, IL 60173
FAIR offers multiple treatment interventions such as individual therapy, family therapy, intensive outpatient programs for adolescents (ages 13-18) and young adults (ages 18-30). Teenage and early adult years can be stressful and challenging. You might wonder whether a teen or young adult is experiencing just the typical "growing pains" or a real mental health problem. While adolescence and early adulthood can be a difficult time, there is a difference between "typical" and "troubled". Mental health problems experienced during this time of life are real, painful and if left untreated, can have serious consequences. We are committed to identifying, understanding, and treating core issues that impact our clients and their families. These issues range from depression, anxiety, traumas, bi-polar, personality disorders, impulse control, non-suicidal self-injury, substance use disorders, process addictions such as gaming and social media issues. These issues, if not addressed, interfere with academic success, impact family and social relationships and at times, result in inpatient hospitalizations.
FAIR offers multiple treatment interventions such as individual therapy, family therapy, intensive outpatient programs for adolescents (ages 13-18) and young adults (ages 18-30). Teenage and early adult years can be stressful and challenging. You might wonder whether a teen or young adult is experiencing just the typical "growing pains" or a real mental health problem. While adolescence and early adulthood can be a difficult time, there is a difference between "typical" and "troubled". Mental health problems experienced during this time of life are real, painful and if left untreated, can have serious consequences. We are committed to identifying, understanding, and treating core issues that impact our clients and their families. These issues range from depression, anxiety, traumas, bi-polar, personality disorders, impulse control, non-suicidal self-injury, substance use disorders, process addictions such as gaming and social media issues. These issues, if not addressed, interfere with academic success, impact family and social relationships and at times, result in inpatient hospitalizations.
Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Center provides specialized treatment for mood and anxiety disorders in Chicago, IL and Austin, TX. Pathlight also works closely with Eating Recovery Center, the only national, vertically integrated healthcare system dedicated to treating eating and related disorders at any stage of the illness. Accredited by the Joint Commission and led by a nationally recognized team of experts across multiple behavioral healthcare disciplines, Insight leverages comprehensive, evidence-based treatment approaches to support adults, adolescents and families suffering from mood and anxiety disorders.
Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Center provides specialized treatment for mood and anxiety disorders in Chicago, IL and Austin, TX. Pathlight also works closely with Eating Recovery Center, the only national, vertically integrated healthcare system dedicated to treating eating and related disorders at any stage of the illness. Accredited by the Joint Commission and led by a nationally recognized team of experts across multiple behavioral healthcare disciplines, Insight leverages comprehensive, evidence-based treatment approaches to support adults, adolescents and families suffering from mood and anxiety disorders.
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Verified Verified
Tinley Park, IL 60477
Sandstone Care provides substance use, addiction, and mental health treatment for adolescents (ages 13 to 18) and young adults (ages 18 to 30) including Residential Treatment, Day Treatment (PHP), Intensive Outpatient (IOP), and General Outpatient (OP) programming.
Sandstone Care provides substance use, addiction, and mental health treatment for adolescents (ages 13 to 18) and young adults (ages 18 to 30) including Residential Treatment, Day Treatment (PHP), Intensive Outpatient (IOP), and General Outpatient (OP) programming.
CORE - Center of Relational Empowerment, PC
Treatment Center
Verified Verified
10 Endorsed
Chicago, IL 60602
CORE - it's our most essential part, and it's central to our well being. Our core is where we house our intuition, our strength, and our wisdom. And when we lose touch with our core, we lose touch with ourselves, and with the people around us. At CORE, we can help you find your foundation, strengthen it, and use it to empower yourself and your relationships with others. Your core is made up of many elements: your relationships with family and friends, your values, your beliefs, your culture, and your personality.
CORE - it's our most essential part, and it's central to our well being. Our core is where we house our intuition, our strength, and our wisdom. And when we lose touch with our core, we lose touch with ourselves, and with the people around us. At CORE, we can help you find your foundation, strengthen it, and use it to empower yourself and your relationships with others. Your core is made up of many elements: your relationships with family and friends, your values, your beliefs, your culture, and your personality.
Connections Health is collaborative counseling for individuals, families, couples, and groups. This isn't one-size-fits all counseling. We embrace a blend of approaches and resources so you get support that truly works for you. We're a creative mix of highly skilled, caring clinicians here to make therapy less like work and more like discovery.
Connections Health is collaborative counseling for individuals, families, couples, and groups. This isn't one-size-fits all counseling. We embrace a blend of approaches and resources so you get support that truly works for you. We're a creative mix of highly skilled, caring clinicians here to make therapy less like work and more like discovery.
EQ Perspectives is a multi-level mental health facility. We offer partial hospitalization (PHP) and intensive outpatient (IOP) as well as therapy and medication management. Our programs are designed for patients who find that once a week therapy is not enough. Our patients are often struggling in many areas of life: school, work, socially or relationally. They are in need of a structured daily program. We will assess each patient to determine the level of care needed. We treat adults and adolescents with mood and anxiety disorders. We also have a dual diagnosis program which focuses on mental health and co-occuring substance abuse problems.
EQ Perspectives is a multi-level mental health facility. We offer partial hospitalization (PHP) and intensive outpatient (IOP) as well as therapy and medication management. Our programs are designed for patients who find that once a week therapy is not enough. Our patients are often struggling in many areas of life: school, work, socially or relationally. They are in need of a structured daily program. We will assess each patient to determine the level of care needed. We treat adults and adolescents with mood and anxiety disorders. We also have a dual diagnosis program which focuses on mental health and co-occuring substance abuse problems.
Mind Body Co-op is Chicago's premiere space to discover and explore what is occurring internally at the cognitive, emotional, and physical levels. This unique, holistic approach to treatment of trauma, co-dependence, addiction, unmanageability with food, and mood disorders provides clients an opportunity to heal holistically and efficiently. If you're looking for extra support and guidance through a challenging situation or you're just ready to move in a new direction in your life, bringing together the mind and the body opens you up to limitless possibilities. MBC provides thoughtful, collaborative, and complete care to help you reach your goals and navigate your best life. The MBC team works together to offer services to help you access your whole self for holistic healing and wellness. MBC offers a variety of clinical services including Individual (adults, teens, couples ) Family, & Group Psychotherapy, DBT Skills Training, Medication Management, Adventure Therapy and Psychological and Neuropsychological Testing, Yoga, Nutrition and Reiki therapies. The MBC team is available for consultation about what service or combination of services will align with your goals.
Mind Body Co-op is Chicago's premiere space to discover and explore what is occurring internally at the cognitive, emotional, and physical levels. This unique, holistic approach to treatment of trauma, co-dependence, addiction, unmanageability with food, and mood disorders provides clients an opportunity to heal holistically and efficiently. If you're looking for extra support and guidance through a challenging situation or you're just ready to move in a new direction in your life, bringing together the mind and the body opens you up to limitless possibilities. MBC provides thoughtful, collaborative, and complete care to help you reach your goals and navigate your best life. The MBC team works together to offer services to help you access your whole self for holistic healing and wellness. MBC offers a variety of clinical services including Individual (adults, teens, couples ) Family, & Group Psychotherapy, DBT Skills Training, Medication Management, Adventure Therapy and Psychological and Neuropsychological Testing, Yoga, Nutrition and Reiki therapies. The MBC team is available for consultation about what service or combination of services will align with your goals.
An inclusive group practice of Emotion Experts, Trauma-Informed Therapists, Gender Guides, and Sex-Positive Relationship Nerds, here to help. Let's celebrate you. You may feel your true, joyful self is hidden under layers of depression, anxiety, guilt, or shame. Maybe you’re trying to figure out how to achieve your dreams of living the life you were meant to live. Maybe you’re trying to deal with being alone for the first time, or again. Or maybe you’re trying to manage a relationship that has gotten very tense, or is long distance. You may have had a negative experience with therapy in the past. We’re on your team, and we’re here to help.
An inclusive group practice of Emotion Experts, Trauma-Informed Therapists, Gender Guides, and Sex-Positive Relationship Nerds, here to help. Let's celebrate you. You may feel your true, joyful self is hidden under layers of depression, anxiety, guilt, or shame. Maybe you’re trying to figure out how to achieve your dreams of living the life you were meant to live. Maybe you’re trying to deal with being alone for the first time, or again. Or maybe you’re trying to manage a relationship that has gotten very tense, or is long distance. You may have had a negative experience with therapy in the past. We’re on your team, and we’re here to help.
Here at LifeThrive we believe you can unlock your full potential. We believe in focusing on the whole person, not just the person's symptoms. We believe sometimes we need to look outside of the box at more advanced treatments. When adding these treatments, true change can occur in disorders that are often thought of as permanent or treatment resistant. Some of the disorders we have worked with and seen positive change in include: ADHD, anxiety, dysthymia, major depressive disorder, autism spectrum disorders, attachment disorders, OCD, personality disorders, and more.
Here at LifeThrive we believe you can unlock your full potential. We believe in focusing on the whole person, not just the person's symptoms. We believe sometimes we need to look outside of the box at more advanced treatments. When adding these treatments, true change can occur in disorders that are often thought of as permanent or treatment resistant. Some of the disorders we have worked with and seen positive change in include: ADHD, anxiety, dysthymia, major depressive disorder, autism spectrum disorders, attachment disorders, OCD, personality disorders, and more.
At Plainfield Counseling Center, we are a group of experienced and caring therapists focused on enriching lives. We use effective, evidence based treatments to help individuals and families reach their goals. We are committed to provide a broad range of services that address the psychological, social, emotional, developmental, and educational needs of children, adolescents, and adults. We provide in-person and teletherapy. We know that people are busy, so we have convenient, flexible day, evening, and weekend hours.
At Plainfield Counseling Center, we are a group of experienced and caring therapists focused on enriching lives. We use effective, evidence based treatments to help individuals and families reach their goals. We are committed to provide a broad range of services that address the psychological, social, emotional, developmental, and educational needs of children, adolescents, and adults. We provide in-person and teletherapy. We know that people are busy, so we have convenient, flexible day, evening, and weekend hours.
Center for Authentic Living is a collaborative holistic practice in Park Ridge IL supporting those with mental health issues. We recently won the Business Hall of Fame 2018 to 2021 Park Ridge Award for counseling with quality. We bring a 30 year history of assisting clients in healing and continued recovery. CFAL provides psychotherapy for adults, couples, family, adolescents for trauma, eating disorders, substance abuse, anxiety, depression, and stress and pain management. We also support aftercare for IOP PHP, RES programs. We offer trauma coaching, somatic psychotherapy, shiatsu, and acupuncture. Our Holistic center offers integrative therapies such as (SSP) Safe and Sound Protocol, IFS, and meditation for physical and mental health related issues. We believe these integrative modalities promote health, wellness, and the necessary tools for a substantial recovery. The goal of these BodyCentered techniques is to assist in connecting with your inner experience with curiosity, to develop a more flexible approach in managing your symptoms, and to facilitate mindfulness while addressing these pieces that are stuck in present time. We focus on complex trauma, ptsd, auto immune issues
Center for Authentic Living is a collaborative holistic practice in Park Ridge IL supporting those with mental health issues. We recently won the Business Hall of Fame 2018 to 2021 Park Ridge Award for counseling with quality. We bring a 30 year history of assisting clients in healing and continued recovery. CFAL provides psychotherapy for adults, couples, family, adolescents for trauma, eating disorders, substance abuse, anxiety, depression, and stress and pain management. We also support aftercare for IOP PHP, RES programs. We offer trauma coaching, somatic psychotherapy, shiatsu, and acupuncture. Our Holistic center offers integrative therapies such as (SSP) Safe and Sound Protocol, IFS, and meditation for physical and mental health related issues. We believe these integrative modalities promote health, wellness, and the necessary tools for a substantial recovery. The goal of these BodyCentered techniques is to assist in connecting with your inner experience with curiosity, to develop a more flexible approach in managing your symptoms, and to facilitate mindfulness while addressing these pieces that are stuck in present time. We focus on complex trauma, ptsd, auto immune issues
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Borderline Personality (BPD) Treatment Centers
What is the most successful approach to treating borderline personality disorder?
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is considered the gold standard of treatment for borderline personality disorder. An evidence-based treatment, it addresses the extreme emotional reactivity, the relationship difficulties, and the acts of self-harm that create so much distress for BPD patients. DBT is a comprehensive program that includes both regular individual psychotherapy sessions and weekly group sessions of skills training.
What happens in treatment of borderline personality disorder?
Treatment typically consists of weekly individual therapy sessions that last an hour and group skill-focused instructional sessions that may last up to two hours. Patients are typically given homework “assignments” in which they are asked to practice in their daily life the skills they acquire in therapy. Patients also keep a diary tracking their emotions and impulses as a way to know which situations are most problematic and to help them gain control over their own behavior. Difficult situations and feelings are typically reviewed in therapy sessions and more constructive solutions found.
What kinds of problems does BPD treatment help with?
DBT was initially developed to dampen the self-destructive impulses of chronically suicidal patients. It is now the treatment of choice for borderline personality disorder, a serious condition marked by extreme emotional reactivity, relationship instability, and self-injurious behaviors. Treatment of BPD helps patients tolerate the flux of emotions without acting on them, often with a specific focus on tolerating negative emotions. DBT addresses the core problems of BPD—fear of abandonment, low self-esteem, and impulsivity.
What is the goal of treatment in borderline personality disorder?
The goal of treatment for borderline personality disorder (BPD) is to relieve the extreme emotional distress that patients experience—to curb their emotional reactivity, to minimize their inclination to self-harm, and to reduce their impulsivity. Toward these ends, patients are not only taught an array of new coping skills and techniques for emotional regulation, they are given opportunities to practice them. Another major goal of treatment is interpersonal effectiveness; patients learn and problem-solve ways to effectively communicate in relationships, especially how to ask for what they need as a way to minimize hurt feelings.