FAMILY & INDIVIDUAL COACHING

A guide for parents, partners, and loved ones Who am I? Where am I going? Can I understand others clearly? Can I stay close and connected? Personality functioning refers to how a person experiences themselves, manages their life, understands others, and maintains relationships—especially under emotional stress. For people with borderline personality disorder (BPD), strengths may shine through at many times, while moments of emotional or relationship stress can lead to real c

The holidays have a way of showing us how quickly old patterns return. We can react not to what is happening now, but to years of past experiences. We hope for connection, kindness, or understanding—and feel disappointed when things don’t go as planned. Even people with years of meditation practice, advanced social and emotional skills, or decades of experience in family psychology can find themselves angry, hurt, or exhausted during their own family gatherings. We may arrive

Healthy family bonds reflect a balanced, respectful connection between adult children and parents or grandparents, between partners or spouses, or between adult siblings. You may have experienced so much dysfunction in some of your family relationships that you don't remember or perhaps rarely experienced a balanced and respectful family connection. Like any genuine friendship, these are bonds that need to be nourished again and again. How? What are they supposed to look like

Family life is full of intense emotions, deep bonds, and—sometimes—misunderstandings that leave us feeling disconnected. The good news is that there’s a powerful skill you can learn to transform your relationships: mentalizing.

What does control have to do with it? Families familiar with Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) understand its effectiveness in managing...

Supporting a Loved One with Borderline Personality Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) can be an emotionally intense and...

A REMINDER AND REVIEW FOR SOME. VALUABLE NEW PRACTICES FOR OTHERS. If you have a difficult relationship, these core mindfulness skills...

Three Core Skills Urgent and unrelenting crises of your loved one can leave you and others in the family feeling chronically overwhelmed....

If you have a difficult relationship with a close family member, you might have inadvertently activated your loved one's intense reaction...far too many times. It can even feel like your very presence activates their anxiety or irritation.

Both responses sustain aggressive and violent behaviors If your loved one often engages in insistent demands and impulsive behaviors, you...

The year-end holidays can be wonderful and also sources of stress and frustration. Families share more time together. Food, rituals,...

The more you comply with demands for isolation and secrecy, the more reclusive and volatile your loved one becomes. Before you know it, your

Start small when it comes to reducing verbal attacks against you or not contributing to an escalating emotional crisis. The bathroom...

"The phenomenon of highly dependent adult children who are not actively engaged in productive occupational, educational, or vocational...

Arguably one of the most important life skills in DBT! Emotional regulation includes a whole set of skills and which we choose depends...

Does the emotion fit the facts? Emotions can trigger thoughts and interpretations about events and they can distort our perception, which...

If we can change the emotion by solving the problem, then first solve the problem! Problem solving is an emotional regulation strategy...

Opposite action is more than a skill. It is a philosophy of life. Like dialectics or radical acceptance or mindfulness, this is a DBT...

Now we have three strategies for regulating emotions: Checking the Facts, Opposite Action, and Problem Solving, (not to mention...

Artificial Intelligence that Identifies Suicide Risk as Accurately as Trained Clinicians Siddhu Pachipala, a high school senior, is a...