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Borderline Personality Disorder: A Patient's Guide to Taking Control

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The authors divide this workbook into chapters relating to each specific DSM diagnostic criterion for BPD. This is commendable and initially appealing and inviting. However,upon further examination,there is no substance to the preparatory reading material in any of the chapters. There is nothing unique in this workbook relating to specific issues of BPD. The very few cognitive distortions that are explained and dealt with are nothing that can't already be found in any of the available workbooks that deal with general issues of depression and anxiety. Moreover, my biggest contention with this volume is that the worksheets in each chapter are EXACTLY identical! There is absolutely no spontenaity or creativity on the part of the authors. Borderlines,who are especially prone to becoming bored easily, would find this workbook uninteresting,cumbersome,and tedious to work with.

However much this book might appeal to you, the schedules in the book are not to be done on one's own, which i found quite frustrating. the book reminds me of 'how to reinvent your life' by Young. Anyway if you want a self-help book, for as much as bpd can be self-managed, i suggest "the angry heart".

This workbook is a great resource because it requires the borderline reader to internally work through the various issues associated with borderline personality disorder. The workbook addresses all of the main borderline characteristics used to define a borderline patient. However, if you have already spent a lot of time in therapy, as I have, it will not tell you anything you haven't already learned. At the same time, if your insurance won't cover the visits to therapists, etc., this is an EXCELLENT resource because it addresses all the things we addressed in group therapy.