FAMILY & INDIVIDUAL COACHING

Emotional Activation Escalates Invalidation Invalidation Escalates Emotional Activation When the transactional nature of invalidation and...

"Few things affect our lives more than our faculty of attention. If we can't focus our attention - due to either agitation or dullness -...

No, I am not blaming the victim here. People are fully accountable for their own actions and anyone who screams, shouts, blames, swears,...

Do you have a son or daughter or other loved one who is emotionally volatile and blaming you for all their problems? Perhaps they are...

is not helplessness, hopelessness, or lack of change. Denial: "I can do 99 things just the way my wife says she wants them, and if the...

"It is really about self awareness. We cannot be more connected to other people than we are to ourselves.”

The label, "borderline personality disorder" (BPD) is simply inscrutable. It describes nothing about this mental illness and it sounds...

The Merriam-Webster dictionary has several definitions of anxiety:

with OPPOSITE ACTION Opposite action is more than a skill. It is a philosophy of life. Like dialectics or radical acceptance or...

Stop Walking On Eggshells DBT Workshop for Families of persons with borderline personality disorder Summer schedule: 12 Fridays June...

Parents demanded it and their call was heard. "DBT Steps-A" has been developed and tested in schools for a wide range of adolescents with...

Case 1: Setting Boundaries on adolescent yelling and insulting Excerpts from the live Q & A, April 7, 2022, with Randi and Corrine...

Corrine R. Stoewsand, Ph.D. Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) was once used as a pejorative label by clinicians for patients who were...

Corrine Stoewsand I recently remembered being in a psychology class several years ago. It was a course on psychopathology, the psychology...

I made a mistake. I did something, perhaps an accident or perhaps it was behavior outside of my own values, and it had negative...

Most people who are hopeless are likely to reject encouragement from others who try to tell them that "things are not so bad." In fact,...

What does the research say about the co-occurrence of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and substance use disorders (SUDs)? A group...

Ten helpful ideas for improving a relationship with a partner with symptoms, traits, or a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder....

The year-end holidays can be wonderful. Families share more time together and (hopefully) have fun. Food usually brings people together...

Private Behavior vs. Public Behavior Lots of family members wonder why their loved one seems to be one person within the family and...