Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified
by Robert O. Friedel, MD
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An Essential Guide for Understanding and Living with BPD
Borderline Personality Disorder is not well understood by the general public. Personality Disorder Demystified is an excellent resource to help someone become "grounded" in the basics and have a reliable foundation. The author is well founded  technically and in personal experience - he is an MD and his sister has the disorder. This book is both hopeful and compassionate. This is an excellent first read. It is, however, not a "how to" book.
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The High Conflict Couple
by Alan E. Fruzzetti, Ph.D
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A Guide to Finding Peace, Intimacy, & Validation
This is a highly recommended resource when one spouse (or significant other) has Borderline Personality Disorder. This is an excellent book to share with your BPD partner as it doesn't make direct  mention of BPD - other than that the authors are all leaders in the field of BPD. In this book, Fruzzetti, adapts dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) tools for use by couples. |
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Understanding the Borderline Mother
by Christine Ann Lawson, PhD
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Transcend the Intense, Unpredictable, and Volatile Relationship
Growing up in a family with a dysfunctional parent can leave children with a very confused vision of normalcy. Lawson writes about the disorder with easy to understand passages and describes many situations and feelings that, if you grew up with a BPD parent, you will be able to relate to. This book is very useful for children and husbands. It is both validating and eye opening for those who have lived this life. |
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Borderline Personality Disorder in Adolescents
by Blaise A. Aguirre, MD
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A Complete Guide to Understanding and Coping When Your Adolescent Has BPD
Recent developments in diagnostic techniques and treatments are showing that thousands of teens have borderline personality disorder. Parenting teenagers who exhibit anger, eating disorders, cutting and relationship issues or threats of suicide can be frustrating and frightening. Children who reach puberty normally become emotionally secure with themselves and their surroundings but many do not mature. |
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The Narcissistic / Borderline Couple
by Joan Lachkar, PhD
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A Psychoanalytic Perspective On Marital Treatment
Joan Lachkar, Ph.D, defines the narcissistic/borderline couple as "individuals who, when they are together, form a shared couple myth that gives rise to many collective fantasies". Borderline Personality Disorder and Narcissistic partners form a parasitic bond characterized by their painful, circular patterns of behavior. This book examines the complexities of these relationships. |
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Staff Review Pending November 1 |
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Staff Review Pending November 8 |
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Feeling Good
by David D. Burns, M.D.
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The New Mood Therapy
Many of our members suffer from depression from years of being in an invalidating home environment. Feeling Good is the book most frequently "prescribed" by psychologists for patients undergoing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Clinical studies have shown patient improvement by just reading the book - a treatment known as bibliotherapy. Four (4) million copies have been sold in the United States. |
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Staff Review Pending November 20 |
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Staff Review Pending November 21 |
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Staff Review Pending December 1 |
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Staff Review Pending December 10 |
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Staff Review Pending December 15 |
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Staff Review Pending December 15 |
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