This film is about a woman who has a Borderline Personality Disorder diagnosis. The first time she tried to kill herself she was five years old. Now she is 45 and hell-bent on trying to live – most of the time.
She reacts on impulse, attacks, distracts, meditates, offers social commentary, trips over herself, laughs, judges, burns bridges, makes social gaffes, apologizes, loses her cool, philosophizes and remains dogged in her search for recovery.
- The development of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Her own transformation through learning Radical Acceptance
- Why BPD is stigmatized
- Suicidality in BPD
- Building a “life worth living” instead of suicide prevention
- Effectiveness of DBT in reducing suicidality
- Anger and BPD
- Avoidi...
- How he got into the field
- How he developed the BPD diagnostic criteria
- The characteristics of the disorder
- Interpersonal aspects of BPD
- Why a lot of professionals don’t feel confident treating BPD
- Seeing life as a great teacher and the therapy relationship as a springboard
- Correctiv...
- Definition of severe personality disorders (less severe / more severe)
- Borderline Personality Organization (BPO) vs Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
- Description of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP)
- The TFP treatment approach
- The lack of an integrated sense of self
- BPD vs M...
