Borderline Personality Disorder

Problem Definition

Strengths

• Cognizant
• Determined
• Conscience
• Family

Challenges

• Anger
• Hyperactivation strategies
• Deactivation strategies
• Co-Dependent
• Family/Environment

Goals

• Eliminate self-harming behaviors
• Better awareness of self
• Healthy interpersonal relationships
• Maintain a job position

Referrals?

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Mentalization-based Therapy

Mindfulness

Type of Counseling?
Individual
Group

Criteria for Treatment Termination

Goal attainment in eliminating self-harmful behaviors.

Goal attainment in self-awareness.

Goal attainment in interpersonal relationships.

Goal attainment in job position.