FAMILY & INDIVIDUAL COACHING

"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...

This is an essential DBT Skill!

The Merriam-Webster dictionary has several definitions of anxiety:

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

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...

Does the emotion fit the facts?

Arguably one of the most important life skills in DBT!

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...

I have attended several interesting conferences on trauma in the past year. It seems that experts from all types of psychology "lineages"...

by Corrine Stoewsand.

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...