Schema Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder

Provides clear guidance on utilizing Schema  Therapy to reduce BPD symptoms and bring about lasting changes in the  patient's personality

People with Borderline  Personality Disorder (BPD) struggle with a range of problems that  negatively impact virtually every aspect of their lives, such as  constantly changing moods, blurred personal identities, impulsive  behaviors, interpersonal problems, and episodes of rage. BPD patients  are at high risk of self-harm and substance abuse, with approximately  10% of BPD patients dying from suicide. BPD severely affects the  education, employment, personal relationships, and physical and  emotional wellbeing of those suffering from the disorder. Schema Therapy  (ST), based on cognitive behavioral therapy and techniques derived from  experiential therapies, has been shown to achieve substantial  personality improvements in BPD patients. 

Shema Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder describes the pioneering BPD therapy based on insights from cognitive,  behavioral, psychodynamic, humanistic, and developmental theories.  Schema Therapy emphasizes the emotional processing of traumatic  experiences and the use of the therapeutic relationship to bring about  positive change. The text describes ST treatment for BPD in detail,  covering the aims and phases of the therapy, treatment planning,  cognitive and behavioral methods, specific techniques appropriate to  each schema mode, behavioral pattern-breaking, termination of therapy,  and more. This authoritative volume: 

• Describes  a treatment for patients with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)  that yields substantial clinical improvement or recovery in most cases
• Explains  the schema mode model of BPD that helps both patients and therapist  understand the problems experienced by BPD patients, and that is central  in ST for BPD.
• Explains  Schema Therapy (ST) for BPD based on the schema mode model, discussing  different treatment methods and techniques geared to specific schema  modes
• Covers the latest developments in the field of ST, such as Group Schema Therapy and the application of ST for couples.
• Includes  handouts to give to patients, including a biographical diary, forms for  homework assignments and problem solving, and a positive self-statement  log

Schema Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder is essential reading for clinical psychologists, psychotherapists,  psychopathologists, psychiatrists, mental health practitioners, and  advanced undergraduate and graduate students in relevant fields.