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

By Jerold J. Kreisman

Book Overview

If you have a loved one with borderline personality disorder (BPD), you need real and proven-effective strategies to help you navigate the intense emotions and conflict that can arise in daily interactions. Your loved one may seem easily hurt or angered, and when they lash out it can be confusing and upsetting. To help, this book offers a breakthrough approach to taking to someone with BPD. In this compassionate guide, you'll find a powerful set of tools to help you cultivate healthy and productive communication. The SET (support, empathy, truth) method and complementary strategies outlined in this book are simple yet effective, and will allow you to address your loved one's accusations, demands, and emotions, while still making room for your own needs. Remember-validation isn't the same as agreement. You can help your loved one feel validated while still maintaining your own boundaries. This essential guide will show you how. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1684030463
• ISBN13: 9781684030460
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"