This group is a place where we focus on increasing skillful behavior and decreasing harmful behavior. Skills are learned and practiced in four different modules including Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. If you or a loved one are struggling with navigating this phase of your life, your emotions, and/or struggling with destructive behaviors (eating disorder behaviors, self harm, substance use issues, intensity in relationships, etc) this group will provide invaluable tools. The entire series is 28 weeks in length.
Hosted by Kendra Hester
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT
Group meets in El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
Hello and welcome! Are you or your child struggling with an eating disorder or body image issues and don't know where to start? Are you are feeling alone, overwhelmed, or uncertain about navigating eating disorder recovery? I have experience working with teenagers, groups, families, and adults as they work to build a life free of eating disorder behaviors and in alignment with their core values.
This group places a focus on increasing skillful behavior and decreasing maladaptive behavior. Skills are learned and practiced in four different modules including Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. If you or a loved one are struggling with navigating your emotions and/or destructive behaviors (eating disorder behaviors, substance use issues, intensity in relationships, etc) this group will provide invaluable tools. The entire series is 28 weeks in length.
Whatever has brought you here, welcome. If you or a loved one are struggling with eating disorder behaviors or other self-destructive behaviors, I am effective at treating these and addressing the underlying issues that fuel them.
This group is a place where we focus on increasing skillful behavior and decreasing harmful behavior. Skills are learned and practiced in four different modules including Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. If you or a loved one are struggling with navigating this phase of your life, your emotions, and/or struggling with destructive behaviors (eating disorder behaviors, self harm, substance use issues, intensity in relationships, etc) this group will provide invaluable tools. The entire series is 28 weeks in length.
Hosted by Livity Treatment Center
Treatment Center, LPCC, CEDS-C
Group meets in El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
We are an outpatient treatment program offering specialized care for individuals struggling with disordered eating. We are effective in treating the behaviors as well as the underlying issues that fuel them. Service offerings include individual therapy, group therapy, nutrition therapy, and workshops.
This group is a place where we focus on increasing skillful behavior and decreasing harmful behavior. Skills are learned and practiced in four different modules including Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. If you or a loved one are struggling with navigating this phase of your life, your emotions, and/or struggling with destructive behaviors (eating disorder behaviors, self harm, substance use issues, intensity in relationships, etc) this group will provide invaluable tools. The entire series is 28 weeks in length.
Whatever has brought you here, welcome. If you or a loved one are struggling with eating disorder behaviors or other self-destructive behaviors, I am effective at treating these and addressing the underlying issues that fuel them.
This group places a focus on increasing skillful behavior and decreasing maladaptive behavior. Skills are learned and practiced in four different modules including Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. If you or a loved one are struggling with navigating your emotions and/or destructive behaviors (eating disorder behaviors, substance use issues, intensity in relationships, etc.) this group will provide invaluable tools. The entire series is 28 weeks in length.
Hosted by Livity Treatment Center
Treatment Center, LPCC, CEDS-C
Group meets in El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
We are an outpatient treatment program offering specialized care for individuals struggling with disordered eating. We are effective in treating the behaviors as well as the underlying issues that fuel them. Service offerings include individual therapy, group therapy, nutrition therapy, and workshops.
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Borderline Personality (BPD) Support Groups
What is the most successful approach to treating borderline personality disorder?
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is considered the gold standard of treatment for borderline personality disorder. An evidence-based treatment, it addresses the extreme emotional reactivity, the relationship difficulties, and the acts of self-harm that create so much distress for BPD patients. DBT is a comprehensive program that includes both regular individual psychotherapy sessions and weekly group sessions of skills training.
What happens in treatment of borderline personality disorder?
Treatment typically consists of weekly individual therapy sessions that last an hour and group skill-focused instructional sessions that may last up to two hours. Patients are typically given homework “assignments” in which they are asked to practice in their daily life the skills they acquire in therapy. Patients also keep a diary tracking their emotions and impulses as a way to know which situations are most problematic and to help them gain control over their own behavior. Difficult situations and feelings are typically reviewed in therapy sessions and more constructive solutions found.
What kinds of problems does BPD treatment help with?
DBT was initially developed to dampen the self-destructive impulses of chronically suicidal patients. It is now the treatment of choice for borderline personality disorder, a serious condition marked by extreme emotional reactivity, relationship instability, and self-injurious behaviors. Treatment of BPD helps patients tolerate the flux of emotions without acting on them, often with a specific focus on tolerating negative emotions. DBT addresses the core problems of BPD—fear of abandonment, low self-esteem, and impulsivity.
What is the goal of treatment in borderline personality disorder?
The goal of treatment for borderline personality disorder (BPD) is to relieve the extreme emotional distress that patients experience—to curb their emotional reactivity, to minimize their inclination to self-harm, and to reduce their impulsivity. Toward these ends, patients are not only taught an array of new coping skills and techniques for emotional regulation, they are given opportunities to practice them. Another major goal of treatment is interpersonal effectiveness; patients learn and problem-solve ways to effectively communicate in relationships, especially how to ask for what they need as a way to minimize hurt feelings.