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Treatment for BPD, PTSD & DID
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BPD
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a highly stigmatized diagnosis and many providers feel that patients with this diagnosis are too problematic to take on. Unfortunately, there is a lot of risk in helping personality disordered people. I work with this specialty because I was once like you, someone who deserved help. I also do this work because I have recovered. You can, too.
If you have BPD, it is more likely inherited than the result of trauma and upbringing. That means clinical treatment should focus on helping your brain with specific deficits. In this way the treatment of a personality disorder is very different from other mental health diagnoses where patients may already have the necessary neurological structures.
You can recover from BPD, but not through treatment-as-usual. You have to help your brain grow in new ways and that takes time and repetition. You have to gradually (and unglamorously) grow your way out of an unhelpful personality. This means you will have to enter life-long recovery and work daily on yourself.
PTSD
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a diagnosis for the impact of disturbing life events, but there is currently no diagnosis for the condition that was created by repeated traumatic experiences that changed your personality and outlook on life. This is often called complex trauma.
Complex trauma is compounded PTSD, and therefore resolves more slowly than single-event trauma. You can recover from all traumatic events and there are many excellent modalities to help you. Unfortunately most trauma treatment approaches focus on recovery from traumatic events without addressing the challenges with personality development. My specialization in personality development is helpful here.
Please keep in mind that trauma work is not indicated when you have critical stressors or unsettling circumstances in your daily life. You need a fair amount of stability and ego strength to tackle traumatic memories. I work strictly in accordance with the treatment guidelines of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation.
DID
Dissociation is the human mind’s innate ability to disconnect from the here-and-now. Everyone dissociates! There are currently five dissociative disorders, and on the far end of the dissociative spectrum is the diagnosis called Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)-the old Multiple Personality Disorder. If your symptoms don’t quite meet criteria for DID, you may still enjoy parts work and multiplicity-affirming care.
DID results from early childhood trauma, so severe and chronic in nature, it caused a profound neurological adaptation. Treatment for DID should best be handled by a specialist, as it is always accompanied by complex trauma that requires extreme caution. Expertise in client safety is critical. Specialists can avoid the pitfalls of working with the presenting perspective and not achieving coincidence in the system.
You can recover from DID, but what recovery will look like, will depend on who you would like to be in this world. You are neither abnormal nor broken. Just like anyone else, you can decide how you want to feel, and create the life you want.
I often treat:
+ emotional dysregulation
+ internal chaos
+ self-actualization
+ suicidal thoughts
+ codependency
+ high conflict Relationships
If you’re ready to…
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Stop feeling desperate to be seen and loved
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Regain a sense of internal calm
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Explore why you keep doing the same things over and over
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Create a life of meaning and purpose
…then let’s get to work.
