Borderline Personality (BPD) Therapists in 45206
Carolina Ehlinger
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Cincinnati, OH 45206 (Online Only)
Coping with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can feel next to impossible. You might feel out of control in your own life. You react emotionally to situations and later regret your actions. Your world might have gotten smaller and smaller as you feel like you can’t connect with others, or feel less safe in your surroundings. You want to create a life with meaning that you enjoy living, but you don't know how.
Coping with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can feel next to impossible. You might feel out of control in your own life. You react emotionally to situations and later regret your actions. Your world might have gotten smaller and smaller as you feel like you can’t connect with others, or feel less safe in your surroundings. You want to create a life with meaning that you enjoy living, but you don't know how.
Carolina Ehlinger
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Cincinnati, OH 45206 (Online Only)
Coping with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can feel next to impossible. You might feel out of control in your own life. You react emotionally to situations and later regret your actions. Your world might have gotten smaller and smaller as you feel like you can’t connect with others, or feel less safe in your surroundings. You want to create a life with meaning that you enjoy living, but you don't know how.
Coping with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can feel next to impossible. You might feel out of control in your own life. You react emotionally to situations and later regret your actions. Your world might have gotten smaller and smaller as you feel like you can’t connect with others, or feel less safe in your surroundings. You want to create a life with meaning that you enjoy living, but you don't know how.
Jesse Homan
Counselor, PhD, LPC
Verified Verified
Cincinnati, OH 45206
Many people experience suffering in their lives and want to bring about change. The causes of suffering can be many, unhappiness in relationships and work, fear, anger, and grief related to climate change and human rights abuses, behaviors that repeatedly cause pain to self and others, frequent emotions that are difficult to control etc. Often, people have a lot of insight into the sources of their problems, and still have trouble with decreasing suffering and bringing about lasting change.
Many people experience suffering in their lives and want to bring about change. The causes of suffering can be many, unhappiness in relationships and work, fear, anger, and grief related to climate change and human rights abuses, behaviors that repeatedly cause pain to self and others, frequent emotions that are difficult to control etc. Often, people have a lot of insight into the sources of their problems, and still have trouble with decreasing suffering and bringing about lasting change.
Ken Knoechel
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LPC, MS
Verified Verified
Cincinnati, OH 45206 (Online Only)
Do you often feel overwhelmed by everyday life? Or do you feel totally disconnected from your needs and what you truly want for yourself? I will help you reconnect with yourself and the world around you. I offer a personalized approach to each of my clients. I start by understanding where you are right now and the challenges you face. I’ll then help you establish a plan to move forward toward the life you desire and celebrate your successes along the way. I offer an inclusive, safe virtual space that is designed to help you feel comfortable and at ease. Helping people live better lives is my passion!
Do you often feel overwhelmed by everyday life? Or do you feel totally disconnected from your needs and what you truly want for yourself? I will help you reconnect with yourself and the world around you. I offer a personalized approach to each of my clients. I start by understanding where you are right now and the challenges you face. I’ll then help you establish a plan to move forward toward the life you desire and celebrate your successes along the way. I offer an inclusive, safe virtual space that is designed to help you feel comfortable and at ease. Helping people live better lives is my passion!
Lauren Stone
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC
Verified Verified
Cincinnati, OH 45206
Waitlist for new clients
I connect best with individuals and couples who have a lot of emotions, but have trouble communicating their emotional experiences to people in their lives. These individuals may feel misunderstood, unaccepted, different, or alone, but want desperately to feel understood and accepted.
I connect best with individuals and couples who have a lot of emotions, but have trouble communicating their emotional experiences to people in their lives. These individuals may feel misunderstood, unaccepted, different, or alone, but want desperately to feel understood and accepted.
Ashlie M Cox
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPCC- S, LDCIII
Verified Verified
Cincinnati, OH 45206
Not accepting new clients
If you are depressed you are living in the past, if you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present. - Laotse. Many of us can relate to this quote. In fact, many of the individuals I see now have suffered from a tremendous amount of pain. I want to join you in your healing journey, reaching a feeling of peace and comfort. Give yourself the permission to tell your story and BE HEARD. As your therapist I provide a safe & non-judgmental environment to really begin this process. I have no doubt in your ability to be at peace. I want to reinforce your strength, potential, & worth.
If you are depressed you are living in the past, if you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present. - Laotse. Many of us can relate to this quote. In fact, many of the individuals I see now have suffered from a tremendous amount of pain. I want to join you in your healing journey, reaching a feeling of peace and comfort. Give yourself the permission to tell your story and BE HEARD. As your therapist I provide a safe & non-judgmental environment to really begin this process. I have no doubt in your ability to be at peace. I want to reinforce your strength, potential, & worth.
Kristi J. Reeves
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LISW, LCSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Cincinnati, OH 45206
Not accepting new clients
At Balanced Life Counseling, I know that when things are out of balance, life can leave you feeling depressed, anxious, and overwhelmed. I'm a great listener, but with that said, my approach to counseling is active and highly individualized. I will often weave together different modalities like DBT, CBT, Schema Therapy, and art to be responsive to what is revealed from the unconscious and help you bring it to light. If you're a seeker, whatever the struggles you are facing that have led you to search for help, I'm glad you're reaching out!
At Balanced Life Counseling, I know that when things are out of balance, life can leave you feeling depressed, anxious, and overwhelmed. I'm a great listener, but with that said, my approach to counseling is active and highly individualized. I will often weave together different modalities like DBT, CBT, Schema Therapy, and art to be responsive to what is revealed from the unconscious and help you bring it to light. If you're a seeker, whatever the struggles you are facing that have led you to search for help, I'm glad you're reaching out!
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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.