Borderline Personality Disorder - Support Groups, Hot Lines, Message Boards, Therapists, and Programs

"Recovery is a process. It involves two steps forward, then a step back, to take a third step forward" stated A.J. Mahari suggested in a recent interview with BPDFamily, "it is so important to believe in yourself and in your process and have hope that recovery is possible - because it is."

The journey of recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder has many components to it. It is not the same for every individual. The various combinations of intervention needed to help you get better may include a combination of medication, talk therapy, and various different types of psychotherapy, such as TFT, CBT, DBT, Schema, MFT, STEPPS, psychotherapy. Seeking to recover from Borderline Personality Disorder is often a long process. "The good news is that by applying yourself to learning as much as you can about what having BPD means, you can fairly quickly begin to learn how to change your suffering into manageable pain" says Mahari.


Urgent Needs - Are you feeling really down? Many people with Borderline Personality Disorder are depressed at one time or another. All suicidal ideation should be taken seriously. The Journal of the American Medical Association has reported that 95% of all suicides occur at the peak of a depressive episode. If you have any suspicions about yourself, you should talk to someone right now - free of charge.

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Often there is a progression over time from harmless ideations all the way to the act. The earlier you intercept this progression, the more likely harm can be averted. Local telephone counselors are great - they can do everything from just answering simple questions to being a friend, to suggesting places to go for immediate / low cost assistance, to dispatching emergency assistance in the rare event that it is needed.


24 Hour On-Line Message Board Help - list and descriptions are in development - see preliminary list below (alphabetical)

BPD.About.com Kristalyn Salters-Pedneault, PhD, an NIH researcher in the field of mood disorders, oversees this "peer to peer" support group and is also an active participant. This group is affiliated with About.com, a very broad educational Website that has hundreds of sections from parenting issues to advice on travel, cooking, technology, hobbies, healthcare, etc. Salters-Pedneault is an NIH researcher in the field of mood disorders that oversee's the Borderline Personality Disorder section. This community has 5-10 posts per day.

Borderline Personality from the Inside Out AJ Mahari, a life coach and BPD advocate, oversees this new, small support group started in April 2008. Mahari has recovered from Borderline Personality Disorder and has authored numerous POV e-books, and on-line videos and audios on the subject. Mahari is active participant in community discussions and has an "ask AJ" section. The community has 1-5 posts per day

BPDRecovery.com Joy Jensen oversees this "peer to peer" support group. Jensen wrote "Putting the Pieces Together". Jensen is an active participant in community discussions. The community has 15-25 posts per day.

Psych Forums Is a peer to peer group run by Get Mental Help, Inc. Get Mental Help, Inc. was formed in May of 2001 to assist Mental Health Consumers in finding information and resources. In June of 2001 Get Mental Help purchased Mental Health Matters in order to help fulfill our goals. This is a peer to peer community has 1-5 posts per day.

BPDworld.org BPDWorld is a UK based charity run by Joshua Cole, a licensed mental health professional and author of Nobody Knows. This site features user forums, user chat, on-line Blog/Journal, and live chat.


Directory of Professionals: In Borderline Personality Disorder, there are several well characterized treatments approaches - Transference-focused therapy, Dialectical-behavioral therapy, Schema Therapy and Mentalization-based therapy. Very few mental health professional are trained and experienced with Borderline Personality Disorder. This is a relatively new disorder that is just now beginning to become part of routine curriculums. As such, many practicing Psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists, counselors, attorneys, mediators, and arbitrators were not trained in this field. Our list is supplied as a convenience. It is recommended that any one seeking professional help check with local medical school or mental health facilities for recommendations specific to this disorder.

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Treatments Centers: TBD