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New Hope for People with Borderline Personality Disorder: Your Friendly, Authoritative Guide to the Latest in Traditional and Complementary Solutions | 
 enlarge | Authors: Neil R. Bockian, Nora Elizabeth Villagran, Valerie Porr
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 98011
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 7.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0761525726
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.85852
UPC: 086874525726
EAN: 9780761525721
ASIN: 0761525726
Publication Date: June 15, 2002
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Product Description
Discover Exciting New Treatments for Borderline Personality Disorder
Now you can overcome the symptoms of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and develop a more positive outlook on life, starting today. Inside is a compassionate and complete look at the most up-to-date information on managing the symptoms of BPD as well as coping strategies for you, your friends, and your loved ones. This thoughtful book will teach you how to manage your moods, develop lasting and meaningful relationships, and create a fulfilling, happier state of mind. Your new world of hope starts now as you uncover:
Effective methods for building self-esteem and minimizing negative thoughts
Early intervention for children with BPD symptoms
Information on how psychotherapy can help modify and enhance coping abilities
Cutting-edge alternative and complementary therapies
And much more!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 excellent resource for understanding BPD June 7, 2008
As a person struggling with BPD, I really appreciated the validating tone of this book. DBT is the BEST!!! It will get you back on track!!
 The Whole Enchilada May 6, 2006
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Dr. Bockian leaves nothing out of this very useful aid to BPD. Starting with a penetrating description of BPD, the book then provides information on diagnosis, various therapies and treatments and how and where to find help. It offers plenty of information which can bring hope and understanding for people who must deal with BPD.
Very concise...wonderful! March 21, 2006
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I have read other books on Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), but I think that this is the best one yet!
Some mainstream books on this disorder are too technical to be understood by the lay person. Even though I am a mental health professional, the book was really concise and also quite entertaining! This book is also a good reference guide, and provides a wonderful summary for people who are new to learning about this disorder.
So, if you think you have BPD or know someone who has it, I highly recommend this book. Worth every penny!
Important Information December 31, 2005
25 out of 28 found this review helpful
As I was searching for a book on BPD, I found it astonishingly difficult to understand the books nature without actually buying it and reading it, which makes the whole "searching and inquiring previously to purchase" almost impossible.
So I decided to give a quick explanation on this book, in addition to a review, so that other people might find the information useful...
"New Hope for people with BPD" is not a self help book; it is a self-help suggestion book. Meaning, the book begins, as does every other BPD book, with describing the disorder, explaining the DSM criteria and giving useful information about the condition. After that, the author proceeds to vastly describing treatment methods found in the USA today.
Throughout the book he covers many different kinds of therapeutic approaches quite objectively, leaving the reader with a ton of useful info and a bigger chance to make an educated decision on the therapeutic approach that is right for him/her. If up until now you had to go to a therapist and raise the question of "how are you planning to treat me?" without knowing anything about other ways, now you can read this book and decide beforehand on the way you see fittest for yourself.
The author includes various alternative approaches, such as alternative medicine, self help and nutritional options, but he does not give direct instruction on how to actually treat the disease, only information about options out there.
It is true that the author does concentrate mainly on the extreme symptoms of BPD, rather than the root of the problem, but then again, he is not presuming to solve the problem, but to help us find a way to solve it ourselves with the help of therapy.
I found this book to be extremely helpful and informational, non-presumptuous, and intelligent, and there's nothing I love more than an author who trusts the readers ability to understand "smart-stuff"...
I recommend this book as your first BPD book, but make sure you modify your expectations - if you can't afford therapy or do not want to go to therapy, this might not be the book for you.
The most useful book out there on BPD !! December 20, 2005
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book has changed my life...I am able to deal with people in my life who have this disorder FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER....It is very clear and filled with user-friendly, sensitive, competent advice from people who clearly care and who clearly know what it takes for a person with BPD to survive and even thrive in spite of such a burdensome life...It truly is well named....NEW HOPE...It's really the first hope I have ever had for myself and my family members...Thank you Dr. Bockian (Valerie and Nora too) for being so good at what you do !! Reading this book is like talking first-hand to therapists WHO GET IT !!
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