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Sanctuary members regularly contribute to this blog with information of interest to Carers of people with BPD.
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Calling for Family Connections Leaders
By Robyn Pendergrast, Sanctuary Member. Since doing the Family Connections course, my relationship with my daughter has improved significantly, the number of triggers are reduced and she has spent far less time dysregulated or recovering from dysregulation. For me,...
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Webinar: BPD and Families, what’s the connection – Recording
For BPD Awareness Week, a webinar featuring our member Liz and her son Jake talking about the Family Connections course and how it has helped them. Here is a recording of the Webinar BPD Affects The Whole Family When a loved one has borderline...
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Self-harm and BPD, by Gunderson and Hoffman – Publication
Deliberately inflicted self-harm in the context of borderline personality disorder (BPD) can be disturbing, frightening, and shame provoking to individuals who engage in it, to their families, and to the clinicians who care for them. This behaviour is particularly...
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Location announced for BPD Centre for Excellence – InDaily News Story
InDaily News ran this story by Bension Siebert on 9 October 2018: BPD Centre for Excellence to be located near Adelaide CBD A centre of excellence for the treatment of people with borderline personality disorder will be set up on Greenhill Road, just...
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November 2018 Sanctuary Meeting – 13 November
The next Sanctuary meeting will be on Tuesday, November 13, from 4 to 6pm at Skylight, 5 Cooke Tce Wayville. Stay tuned - the Guest Speaker will be announced shortly! Remember if you arrive after 5pm, ring 0410 507 998 so we can let you in downstairs via...
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Lived Experience Telephone Support Service 1800 013 755
Here is a new after hours telephone support service at Skylight. A great new idea and what has been greatly needed. Make use of it for yourselves and pass it on to the person you care for. Judy The new Lived Experience Telephone Support Service (LETSS)...
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Advocates call for improved services for BPD – InDaily News Story
InDaily News ran this story by Stephanie Richards on 5 October 2018: Advocates call for improved services at BPD Centre for Excellence Borderline personality disorder advocates have called on the State Government to fund a family support...
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Listen to Voices of Lived Experience
See me. Feel me. Touch me. Heal me. - Pete Townsend This offering comes from the 2018 BPD Awareness Week campaign, from the Australian BPD Foundation collaborating with many other groups that support Australians with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)....
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Self Care Strategies
Self-care is giving the world the best of you, instead of what’s left of you. — Katie Reed Almost anything works again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you. – Anne Lamott This offering comes from the 2018 BPD Awareness Week...
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