Borderline Personality (BPD) Therapists in 20855
Partnership Development Group: DBT Skills Program
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Rockville, MD 20855 (Online Only)
For someone who is struggling to understand what is happening internally (thoughts, feelings, sensations, and impulses) while also working to accept a current situation, it can be exhausting both mentally and emotionally. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills can empower an individual to learn strategies to become mindful, accept and tolerate difficult circumstances, and learn to analyze problems or destructive behavior patterns while replacing them with more healthy ones.
For someone who is struggling to understand what is happening internally (thoughts, feelings, sensations, and impulses) while also working to accept a current situation, it can be exhausting both mentally and emotionally. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills can empower an individual to learn strategies to become mindful, accept and tolerate difficult circumstances, and learn to analyze problems or destructive behavior patterns while replacing them with more healthy ones.
Debra L Anderson
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Derwood, MD 20855
I utilize a collaborative approach with clients to help them access their own innate potential for healing. I work to facilitate a broader mental wellness repertoire of self-assistance and coping strategies for improving quality of life. I have worked effectively with a broad range of life issues and problems starting from the initial session to promote a congenial and trusting working relationship. Clients with whom I work receive the respect and validation that we all want and deserve as personal and specific goals are established to help each person develop their most fulfilling life.
I utilize a collaborative approach with clients to help them access their own innate potential for healing. I work to facilitate a broader mental wellness repertoire of self-assistance and coping strategies for improving quality of life. I have worked effectively with a broad range of life issues and problems starting from the initial session to promote a congenial and trusting working relationship. Clients with whom I work receive the respect and validation that we all want and deserve as personal and specific goals are established to help each person develop their most fulfilling life.
Michael Patrick Donovan
Counselor, LCPC
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Rockville, MD 20855
* NOW ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS FOR THERAPY AND NEUROFEEDBACK TRAINING * I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who helps adults, couples, and teenagers address a variety of mental health concerns, including: anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship issues, and difficulties related to life's everyday challenges. I am also board-certified with the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance (BCIA), and can combine neurofeedback training with psychotherapy sessions to help clients conceptualize and address their treatment goals from an emotional, behavioral, and neurological science-based perspective.
* NOW ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS FOR THERAPY AND NEUROFEEDBACK TRAINING * I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who helps adults, couples, and teenagers address a variety of mental health concerns, including: anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship issues, and difficulties related to life's everyday challenges. I am also board-certified with the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance (BCIA), and can combine neurofeedback training with psychotherapy sessions to help clients conceptualize and address their treatment goals from an emotional, behavioral, and neurological science-based perspective.
Peter King
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Derwood, MD 20855
Hello! Thank you for visiting my profile, you have taken an important step of reaching out for help. Maybe you're feeling stuck or discouraged, having trouble managing difficult thoughts or feelings, or experiencing anxiety or depression. Maybe you're wanting some different strategies to deal with the challenges in your life. I work with adolescents, adults, and families using a therapy approach which includes compassion, curiosity, and problem-solving. Your health and wellbeing are important and I want to partner with you to face and address any barriers keeping you from the life you want to live!
Hello! Thank you for visiting my profile, you have taken an important step of reaching out for help. Maybe you're feeling stuck or discouraged, having trouble managing difficult thoughts or feelings, or experiencing anxiety or depression. Maybe you're wanting some different strategies to deal with the challenges in your life. I work with adolescents, adults, and families using a therapy approach which includes compassion, curiosity, and problem-solving. Your health and wellbeing are important and I want to partner with you to face and address any barriers keeping you from the life you want to live!
Esther Saggurthi
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Rockville, MD 20855
Waitlist for new clients
The mere thought of therapy can be daunting, while in actuality most of us ask for advice from those around us everyday. What makes therapy different from asking a coworker, friend or relative for their advice, is my approach to therapy. I believe therapy is allowing you the space to work out issues, the space to feel free and learn about yourself in new ways. Therapy is looking at your thoughts and behavioral patterns for maximum effectiveness to your desired goals. My approach is best summed up in a quote by Benjamin Franklin, “There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self.”
The mere thought of therapy can be daunting, while in actuality most of us ask for advice from those around us everyday. What makes therapy different from asking a coworker, friend or relative for their advice, is my approach to therapy. I believe therapy is allowing you the space to work out issues, the space to feel free and learn about yourself in new ways. Therapy is looking at your thoughts and behavioral patterns for maximum effectiveness to your desired goals. My approach is best summed up in a quote by Benjamin Franklin, “There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self.”
Jen Sherwin
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC
Verified Verified
Rockville, MD 20855
I have over twenty years of experience specializing in the mental health treatment of adults and adolescents. My areas of expertise include anxiety, depression, mood disorders, substance abuse, life transitions, infertility, pregnancy loss, postpartum depression, divorce and self-esteem issues. I have worked in numerous settings including outpatient clinics, hospitals, schools and rehab programs.
I have over twenty years of experience specializing in the mental health treatment of adults and adolescents. My areas of expertise include anxiety, depression, mood disorders, substance abuse, life transitions, infertility, pregnancy loss, postpartum depression, divorce and self-esteem issues. I have worked in numerous settings including outpatient clinics, hospitals, schools and rehab programs.
PDG Therapeutics
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C, LCPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Rockville, MD 20855
Immediate openings for many insurances and self-pay! PDG Therapeutics provides individual, group, marital, and family therapy services. Our experienced clinicians are available day and evening hours, in order to meet the needs of individuals seeking services. Our services assist with depression, grief, trauma, family conflict, anger, suicide prevention/self harm, anxiety, and many other challenges. Therapy services take place in a warm, comfortable, and supportive environment. PDG Therapeutics' therapists will work with you to establish treatment goals for therapy, and to work toward those goals in a collaborative relationship.
Immediate openings for many insurances and self-pay! PDG Therapeutics provides individual, group, marital, and family therapy services. Our experienced clinicians are available day and evening hours, in order to meet the needs of individuals seeking services. Our services assist with depression, grief, trauma, family conflict, anger, suicide prevention/self harm, anxiety, and many other challenges. Therapy services take place in a warm, comfortable, and supportive environment. PDG Therapeutics' therapists will work with you to establish treatment goals for therapy, and to work toward those goals in a collaborative relationship.
Katie Gibbons
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, MS, LCPC, DBT-C
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Rockville, MD 20855 (Online Only)
We all want to transition from surviving to thriving. I believe in your potential to thrive personally, socially, and professionally. Therapy will help you develop the tools and skills needed to handle life's stressful and challenging situations. This process focuses on self-empowerment and understanding to boost your confidence. You deserve a meaningful life of happiness, and I hope to help you on this journey.
We all want to transition from surviving to thriving. I believe in your potential to thrive personally, socially, and professionally. Therapy will help you develop the tools and skills needed to handle life's stressful and challenging situations. This process focuses on self-empowerment and understanding to boost your confidence. You deserve a meaningful life of happiness, and I hope to help you on this journey.
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Borderline Personality (BPD) Therapists
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.