Borderline Personality (BPD) Therapists in George
Hello everyone, I’m Irini, a counselling psychologist based in George. I offer a warm, supportive space for adolescents and adults facing challenges such as substance use, depression, burnout, trauma, emotional dysregulation, personality-related difficulties, and pain management concerns. Many clients come to therapy feeling overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, or stuck in unhealthy patterns. Using CBT and DBT, I work collaboratively with clients to build healthier coping skills, improve emotional wellbeing, and create meaningful, lasting change at a pace that feels manageable and supportive.
Hello everyone, I’m Irini, a counselling psychologist based in George. I offer a warm, supportive space for adolescents and adults facing challenges such as substance use, depression, burnout, trauma, emotional dysregulation, personality-related difficulties, and pain management concerns. Many clients come to therapy feeling overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, or stuck in unhealthy patterns. Using CBT and DBT, I work collaboratively with clients to build healthier coping skills, improve emotional wellbeing, and create meaningful, lasting change at a pace that feels manageable and supportive.
I am Jodi Tromp practicing as a Clinical Psychologist in George, South Africa. My training and work experience includes providing assessments and psychotherapy to adolescents and adults from various backgrounds and walks of life. I have work experience at Stikland Psychiatric Hospital, Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital as well as Steve Biko Tertiary Hospital and Akeso Clinic in George. I have post graduate training in Addiction treatment, which is a special interest of mine. Other interests include trauma for which I use Eye Movement Reprocessing and Desensitization Therapy (EMDR) and mood and relationship difficulties.
I am Jodi Tromp practicing as a Clinical Psychologist in George, South Africa. My training and work experience includes providing assessments and psychotherapy to adolescents and adults from various backgrounds and walks of life. I have work experience at Stikland Psychiatric Hospital, Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital as well as Steve Biko Tertiary Hospital and Akeso Clinic in George. I have post graduate training in Addiction treatment, which is a special interest of mine. Other interests include trauma for which I use Eye Movement Reprocessing and Desensitization Therapy (EMDR) and mood and relationship difficulties.
“Sometimes, all a person longs for is someone to talk too” - Someone
“Sometimes, all a person longs for is someone to talk too” - Someone
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I am a registered clinical psychologist in George/Wilderness on the Garden route. I have extensive experience working in an integrative framework with adults and adolescents. Together we can explore feelings, thoughts and actions so as to optimize growth and development towards a more authentic way of being.
I am a registered clinical psychologist in George/Wilderness on the Garden route. I have extensive experience working in an integrative framework with adults and adolescents. Together we can explore feelings, thoughts and actions so as to optimize growth and development towards a more authentic way of being.
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I have worked locally and internationally in the field of addiction and trauma. I have supported individuals suffering from addiction and their family's for many years. I also have a special interest in the LGBTQI+ community.
I also offer clinical supervision.
I have worked locally and internationally in the field of addiction and trauma. I have supported individuals suffering from addiction and their family's for many years. I also have a special interest in the LGBTQI+ community.
I also offer clinical supervision.
Borderline Personality (BPD) Counsellors
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.