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Summary: A useful guide to borderline disorders
Review: This book provides an insightful view into borderline personality disorders, but the field of psychology does not completely attack the problem at the core. Many people forget that psychology is a science still in its infancy and experts in the field tend to focus entirely on the physical world instead of the influence the spiritual world has on the human mind and human behavior. I would suggest to everyone interested in psychology to explore spiritual (not necessarily religious) material to supplement the ideas in this and other psychology texts.
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Summary: Self-Help Does Not Get Better Than This
Review: This is one of the best self-help books I have read. It is an intelligent, thorough, clear introduction of borderline personality disorders. It is designed to assist the reader in progressing through the illness at the same time they increase their understanding of the illness. The journal exercises are clear and very helpful. The writing is professional and well documented. This is very, very well designed and well written book. Worth every penny I paid for it and the two weeks I spent reading it very carefully.
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Summary: Self-Help Does Not Get Better Than This
Review: This is one of the best self-help books I have read. It is an intelligent, thorough, clear introduction of borderline personality disorders. It is designed to assist the reader in progressing through the illness at the same time they increase their understanding of the illness. The journal exercises are clear and very helpful. The writing is professional and well documented. This is very, very well designed and well written book. Worth every penny I paid for it and the two weeks I spent reading it very carefully.
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Summary: Not just for Borderlines!
Review: While struggling to comprehend a loved one's diagnosis of BPD, this volume offered me hands-down the most insightful, productive and forwards-oriented information on the disorder (and all addictive behaviors) I could find on the market.In contrast to some of the other popular informational BPD volumes out there (Kreisman's 'I Hate You, Don't Leave Me,' etc), I found Santoro's work to be packed with strategies, self-work exercises, and cognitive interventions that point the way towards the future, rather than reiterating the standard cliches about the hopelessly entrenched nature of this personality disorder.
His conceptual framework of working through various "zones" of recovery is a very handy paradigm in a field where much of the therapeutic literature is presented more statically. 'The Angry Heart' was the book that finally convinced the person with BPD in my life to seek appropriate therapeutic & psychopharmaceutical treatment, and this, in my lay opinion, is worth gold. In addition, it is one of the few that also speaks to ADULT MEN who receive this diagnosis - there's a refreshing dearth of the unicorns and rainbows one sees in much of the other BPD self-help literature that's oriented towards younger women (who make up the majority population diagnosed with BPD in the USA at the moment). It's certainly not gender-limited, however. As someone who runs a large resources web site on BPD, I have met a number of BPD sufferers who have used the program laid out in this volume with great success, either alone or in conjunction with professional counselling, and that anecdotal information really speaks for itself. Granted, this is not an easy read for Borderlines, and the program is tough - but if you stick with it, SO effective for creating real life change. Excellent! If you have encountered BPD in any context in your life, I highly recommend The Angry Heart.
If you have a loved one with BPD, I strongly advise getting Kreger/Mason's 'Stop Walking on Eggshells' in conjunction with this book. Helen ...
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