The Stop Walking on Eggshells Workbook: Practical Strategies for Living With Someone Who Has Borderline Personality Disorder (Paperback)

by Randi Kreger (Author), James Paul Shirley (Author)

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Product Description
Randi Kreger draws on extensive new research to provide advice for successfully navigating life with someone who has borderline personality disorder. Step-by-step suggestions--many from users of the author's comprehensive website-- help readers set and enforce personal limits, communicate clearly, cope with put-downs and rage, develop a safety plan, and make realistic decisions. Throughout the text are worksheets, checklists, and exercises that build on one another and enable readers to apply the suggestions to their lives.

Product Details

• Paperback: 207 pages
• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications; Workbook edition (August 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572242760
• ISBN-13: 978-1572242760
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,063 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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78 of 82 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful resource of information, February 22, 2003

By	Dan Knaup (Kansas) - See all my reviews

It is rare for me to read a book that in seemingly every page
is an "a-ha" realization...the proverbial "lightbulb effect". I would guess that those who have been trying to cope with or
understand the bizarre behaviors of their borderline loved one will have a similar reaction in reading this book. I commend the authors for their diligent research into Borderline Personality Disorder and their accurate assessment of this serious disorder. With knowledge and understanding of BPD comes COMPASSION for what the borderline is unknowingly going through. It is true that no one can "make" another person happy. The borderlne still has to take responsibility for their own behaviors instead of blaming others for their unhappiness. This book is invaluable to begin the road to healing. There are two other books that I would suggest as companions to this one as they deal directly with the core of BPD- dysfunctional thinking (thoughts), "You Can Be Happy No Matter What", and/or, "You Can Feel Good Again", both by Richard Carlson.
I wish you the best!

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How to Reclaim Sanity in Your Life, September 6, 2002

By	Darla Boughton (Western Canada) - See all my reviews

A tremendous resouce for anyone involved with borderline or other disorders. I can't say enough about this book. It will change your life in ways you never thought possible. I was able to regain my dignity, self esteem and take steps to put me in control of a situation I thought hopeless. Both books, Stop Walking on Eggshells and the Workbook are at the top of the list of the books we recommend at MSN Psychopath forum. There should be a 10-star rating for this one!!
Darla B.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From the minds of two geniuses comes the workbook, September 3, 2002

By	Rita K. Closson (Kansas City, MO) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Most non-borderlines who have a borderline in their lives are well aware of Randi Kreger's and Paul Mason's, M.S., blockbuster, eye-opening, incredible, best-seller *Stop Walking on Eggshells*, '98. This excellent workbook comes now in 2002 by Randi Kreger and James Paul Shirley, M.S.W., as a complement, supplement and added bonus. The workbook, *The Stop Walking on Eggshells Workbook: Practical Stragegies for Living With Someone Who Has Borderline Personality Disorder* is a very helpful extension of that outstanding book *Stop Walking On Eggshells*.

The workbook is loaded with probing questions, exercises, action steps and 'self-tests'.

The confusing dialogue that a non-borderline has with a person with Borderline Personality Disorder is explained here, sorted out and understood more in this dynamic workbook. The workbook presents a commitment and the action steps and skills to work in helping to set boundaries.

I urge the reader to use the workbook (SWOEW) in tandem with *Stop Walking On Eggshells*, (SWOE), even though there is some similar overlapping material in both books, SWOE, the book, is geared toward helping the reader understand what Borderline Personality Disorder is and the workbook (SWOEW) is geared to what to do about it, how to use some coping skills and to apply the strategies.

Like *Stop Walking On Eggshells*, this workbook deserves many more stars than five. Combined, the two are as close as you can get to having the most complete information on Borderline Personality Disorder there is available. The combination is significantly better than just using either one alone.

Rita Closson, M.A., Social Psychologist