Surviving Christmas and the Silly Season
With the end of the year nearly upon us, we look forward to celebrating with family and friends. But for many, this is a difficult time. Helen van Roekel has some helpful tips for planning for BPD Carers who are christmas.
Building Resilience – Self Validation and Boundaries
Self-validation helps to lessen our own distress, and better cope with the ups and downs in our life of supporting someone with BPD. Setting limits can help us build resilience and avoid carer burn out.
The Power of Validation
You often hear us say that the best way to help someone with BPD is to validate their feelings. We always say, look at the feelings behind what they are saying/doing. Listen carefully and validate the emotion you think they might be feeling at that moment. Validation does really work to calm a situa
Repairing Relationships
Living with the symptoms of BPD is difficult and often this manifests in ruptured relationships. How might we reconnect, repair the relationship and start down the path to recovery?
Staying Connected
The symptoms of BPD can be so very damaging to relationships. How can we stay connected, and continue towards recovery?
Planning for Christmas
Special occasions like Christmas can be particularly challenging for someone with BPD, and for their families, who love them. Does it have to be that way?
Basics of BPD
What is Borderline Personality Disorder? What are the challenges for carers and how might we meet them?
Radio Interview “What Ails You: BPD”
In his popular segment "What Ails You?", David Bevan took an in depth look at Borderline Personality Disorder. He was joined by Dr Maria Naso and our own Judy Burke
Supporting Someone in Crisis
Are you supporting someone in crisis? (for family and friends supporting someone with BPD)
Helping Someone With BPD
The RANZ College of Psychiatrists provide this advice about Helping Someone With BPD