Talking to a Loved One with Borderline Personality Disorder Communication Skills to Manage Intense Emotions, Set Boundaries, and Reduce Conflict

Jerold J. Kreisman, Randi Kreger

eBook - 2018

In this compassionate guide, Jerold Kreisman—author of I Hate You, Don't Leave Me—offers a powerful set of tools to help you express yourself, set boundaries, and cultivate healthy communication with a loved one who is diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD).If you have a loved one with BPD, you need real, proven-effective strategies to help you navigate the intense emotions and conflict that can arise in daily interactions and conversations. People with BPD often feel anger, pain, and hurt from a history of invalidation and disappointment, and their difficulty in regulating emotions can lead to moments of lashing out that can confuse and upset those around them.Written by a psychiatrist with more than 40 years of expe...rience in treating BPD, Talking to a Loved One with Borderline Personality Disorder offers a breakthrough, compassionate approach to communicating with a loved one who has BPD. The SET (support, empathy,... more