Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder

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Summary: I Am This Book
Review: I read this book avidly, and it made me think of my own life. I've written about the subject of borderline personalities extensively and consider myself an authority. Why? Because I suffer from it. The way I deal with my disorder is to rant and rave about my ex-spouse-it's easier to accuse her of having a borderline personality than to deal with my own issues. I've been publishing a lot about the topic on my own website, though most people have told me that I have no evidence for my claims.

You see, I have been hurt. Badly hurt. I was abused as a young child, and it helped make me into the emotionally and physically abusive person that I am today. When I was married, I could use my spouse as my psychological screen, my punching bag. When she didn't want to play that role anymore, I lost out bigtime. Boy, I now wish I'd gone into therapy earlier. Are you intrigued? Visit me on the web under my name.


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Summary: The Best Book to Deal with Borderline Personality Disorder
Review: I suffer from borderline personality disorder, and the content of this book has been a great help when dealing with my emotional disability. I love this book because it focuses on "treating" the disorder, whereas other books' focuses are often the cause of the disorder or pathology of it. The positive attitude of facing the real issues of those who suffer from borderline personality disorder is encouraging. I can see the author's deep understanding of the disorder, and I appreciate her efforts to explain what the probrems really are and how to deal with them.

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Summary: Excellent Book for Group or Self Study
Review: I used this book in formal DBT group training as a participant. It is easy to follow and great for reference. Since then I have suggested this book to several friends who do not have BPD. This is an excellent book for working on a personal relationship.

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Summary: Great book....for anyone
Review: I'm a psychology intern and we use this manual for multiple disorders, not just BPD. The skills, as others have suggested are essential to living a healthy, happy life, regardless of one's 'problems.' While most modern day psychotherapeutic techniques preach change, Linehan's work centers on centering. Acceptance balanced with change. Emotion balanced with logic. It's a wonderful new perspective on treating psychological disorders. And as an added bonus, in the age of managed care, it's one of the few treatments rooted in a humanistic understanding that will be readily reimbursed by HMO's. As both a therapist and a consumer of psychological literature, this work stands as one of the most helpful available. Well worth the money. And you can make copies of the handouts WITHOUT worrying about copyright infringement because the author has graciously given permission to do so. Linehan is really an asset to the psychological community.

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Summary: Excellent
Review: I'm the webowner of BPD Today and this is the "handbook" someone would bring to their dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) sessions as this form of therapy has shown in studies to help some folks with BPD. The material alone is excellent and one can get a lot of help with this very painful disorder. Every home with BPD should have it.

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Summary: Good for self-help too
Review: If you are a Borderline or even just someone like me needing help with emotional regulation and relationship skills, don't be put off by the book's seeming professional audience. This book is very useful for self-help. There are individual pages that are worth the price of the book.

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Summary: A workmanlike and simple approach to a complex topic
Review: Linehan takes a straightforward and sensible but, at times, oversimplified approach to the multilayered challenges of borderline disorders. Despite claims to the contrary, this book's approach - essentially a series of 'exercises' - has limited therapeutic value. She is well-organized and clear, but at times this book's lack of deeper discussions on the subject seemed like a deficit. The format is "workbook," double columns - and the exercises, while undoubtedly useful for many patients and some clinicians, must be augmented by good psychotherapy. To Linehan's credit she makes that clear.

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Summary: -
Review: Looks like 'a reader from Mesa, AZ'- needs to utilize "non-judgemental stance" a little more effectively. ; p

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Summary: The book all people with BPD and their treaters should read
Review: MARSHA LINEHAN HAS BLOWN THE PRIOR INEFFECTIVE NEGATIVE TREATMENTS AND PROGNOSIS FOR BPD OUT OF THE WATER. EVERY
PSYCHIATRIST AND PSYCHOLOGIST AND DRUG ADDICTION COUNSELOR AND
SUICIDE COUNSELOR SHOULD BE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS METHOD OF
DIALECTIC TREATMENT. SHE HAS PAINSTAKIINGLY SHOW HER METHOD TO
BE SUPERIOR BY RANDOMIZED TRIAL AND OF COURSE EXPERIENCE. IF
YOU KNOW SOMEONE WITH BPD GET THEM COPIES OF THESE BOOKS (YOU NEED TO BUY THE ACCOMPANYING TEXT BOOK). ALL
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS SHOULD SUPPORT HER EFFORTS AT THE
UNIV OF WASHINGTON BY SENDING IN DONATIONS TO HER BEHAVIORAL
CLINIC WHICH IS INSUFFICIENTLY FUNDED BY THE UNIVERSITY. THEN
THEN THEN WE CAN REALLY GET SOMEWHERE IN THIS DISORDER NATION-
WIDE. HELP THESE PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES. NO ONE CAN AFFORD
TO WAIT - THIS IS TRULY LIFE SAVING !!

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Summary: REVOLUTIONARY TREATMENT FOR BPD -
Review: MARSHA LINEHAN HAS BLOWN THE PRIOR INEFFECTIVE NEGATIVE TREATMENTS AND PROGNOSIS FOR BPD OUT OF THE WATER. EVERY
PSYCHIATRIST AND PSYCHOLOGIST AND DRUG ADDICTION COUNSELOR AND
SUICIDE COUNSELOR SHOULD BE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS METHOD OF
DIALECTIC TREATMENT. SHE HAS PAINSTAKIINGLY SHOW HER METHOD TO
BE SUPERIOR BY RANDOMIZED TRIAL AND OF COURSE EXPERIENCE. IF
YOU KNOW SOMEONE WITH BPD GET THEM COPIES OF THESE BOOKS (YOU NEED TO BUY THE ACCOMPANYING TEXT BOOK). ALL
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS SHOULD SUPPORT HER EFFORTS AT THE
UNIV OF WASHINGTON BY SENDING IN DONATIONS TO HER BEHAVIORAL
CLINIC WHICH IS INSUFFICIENTLY FUNDED BY THE UNIVERSITY. THEN
THEN THEN WE CAN REALLY GET SOMEWHERE IN THIS DISORDER NATION-
WIDE. HELP THESE PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES. NO ONE CAN AFFORD
TO WAIT - THIS IS TRULY LIFE SAVING !!