Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder
How to Keep Out-of-Control Emotions from Destroying Your Relationship
Shari Y. Manning
Foreword by Marsha M. Linehan
HardcoverPaperbacke-bookprint + e-book
Hardcover
orderJune 28, 2011
ISBN 9781609181956
Price: $30.00 253 Pages
Size: 6" x 9"
Paperback
orderJune 29, 2011
ISBN 9781593856076
Price: $19.95253 Pages
Size: 6" x 9"
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Foreword, Marsha M. Linehan
Introduction
I. Understanding Your Loved One and Your Relationship
1. “Why Do I Feel So Lost in This Relationship?”
2. What Makes Someone So Emotional?
3. The Hidden Power of Validation
4. Five Steps to Balanced Responses and Better Outcomes
II. The Many Faces of Borderline Personality Disorder
5. "I Can't Stand Feeling Like This!"
6. "It Was All My Fault"
7. "You Have to Fix This for Me!"
8. "Things Are Awful . . . but Don't Worry; I'm Handling It"
9. "Why Do Terrible Things Keep Happening to Me?"
10. "Nothing's Wrong—I'm Fine"
III. Dealing with Crisis and Getting Help
11. Handling Your Own Difficult Emotions
12. Understanding Self-Harm/Suicide and Making Decisions about Hospitalization
13. Getting Treatment and Support
Resources