The Book is Here! “Healing From Borderline Personality Disorder: My Journey Out of Hell Through Dialectical Behavior Therapy” by Debbie Corso
Healing From Borderline Personality Disorder: My Journey Out of Hell Through Dialectical Behavior Therapy chronicles two years of the author navigating DBT, the treatment of choice for those diagnosed with BPD.
It is a compilation a selection of the author’s first 100 posts at her popular personal mental health blog HealingFromBPD.org, and more. At the urging of her readers worldwide, this book was born out of the need of many seeking hope and direction as they cope with a diagnosis once thought to be hopeless, even among the most qualified psychiatric professionals.
In addition to the blog posts are never before published retrospective commentaries from her new perspective at her second year through DBT, a never before published autobiographical sketch, answers to questions submitted by her blog readers, a resource section, and more.
Corso lights the way of hope and recovery for a severely emotionally wounded community. Introduction by Kiera Van Gelder, MFA and author of The Buddha & The Borderline.
ABOUT DEBBIE:
Debbie Corso is a mental health blogging pioneer, courageously chronicling her journey while lighting a torch to provide hope to a severely emotionally wounded community. She has a Bachelor’s Degree from New York Institute of Technology in Interdisciplinary Studies in English, Communications, and Behavioral Science and a certificate in Early Childhood Development.
Her work as an Intake Coordinator and Case Manager at a non-profit organization, working closely with children at risk for abuse and neglect, was the catalyst that propelled her to document and share her powerful journey through her blog and now this book. She lives in sunny Northern California in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- Kindle
- Sony Reader
- iPhone
- iPad
- iPod touch
- Windows and Mac Computer/Laptop (Yes, you can read it on your computer!)
- You can also choose the option to read my book online
- And more!
This book is a labor of love, and I am so grateful to my new friend, Kiera Van Gelder, author of The Buddha and the Borderline for mentoring me through the final stages of this process and for writing me the most beautiful introduction I could ever hope for.
“The authenticity, directness and clarity of the shared internal experiences in this book give life, meaning and understanding to clinical terms such as ‘splitting’ and ‘translating DSM symptoms’ to a complex and unique person. I share Debbie’s views that there is not one approach that works for everyone, and from a clinician’s perspective, having choices of approaches, strategies and resources in crafting an approach that works for the individual suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder, is the essence of a favorable therapeutic outcome…. I believe that reading this book would be helpful for both clinicians as well as those experiencing the emotional suffering of BPD.”
Executive Director of OPI Living Programs, including the Roanne Program, a specialized BPD
experience helping families.
Video book review by The Dani Z Blog:
It is fantastic to see the book is now available. I had the pleasure of editing the book and realised, as someone who does not suffer from the condition, how helpful the advice and techniques are for coping with 'normal' life in general. So while the book is a must-have for sufferers to really see in practice how these techniques can be applied to situations directly, it's also insightful and helpful for all of us. After all, while some of us might not be diagnosed with a mental health issue, there is no doubt that with the challenges life brings, we all walk a fine line between what is deemed to be 'normal' and what is not. So I know the power of this book and I really wish it well. Debz
It is fantastic to see the book is now available. I had the pleasure of editing the book and realised, as someone who does not suffer from the condition, how helpful the advice and techniques are for coping with 'normal' life in general. So while the book is a must-have for sufferers to really see in practice how these techniques can be applied to situations directly, it's also insightful and helpful for all of us. After all, while some of us might not be diagnosed with a mental health issue, there is no doubt that with the challenges life brings, we all walk a fine line between what is deemed to be 'normal' and what is not. So I know the power of this book and I really wish it well. Debz
dancing in circles! happy to wake up, see this on fb and feel motivated to work on me by reading you… i need to thank you, i live in your blog and youtube posts lately. no insurance, tons of self help materials, no money and no no dbt within 50 miles. you are the most unbiased, sanest crazy person on the net. you keep me going sooo much more than you know. you will be getting in to heaven for sure. i adore you and the hope you give people like me who don't want to watch crazy online they want to have solutions and hope. keep going no matter what. and keep coming back to your healing, i need you like oxygen sometimes…
dancing in circles! happy to wake up, see this on fb and feel motivated to work on me by reading you… i need to thank you, i live in your blog and youtube posts lately. no insurance, tons of self help materials, no money and no no dbt within 50 miles. you are the most unbiased, sanest crazy person on the net. you keep me going sooo much more than you know. you will be getting in to heaven for sure. i adore you and the hope you give people like me who don't want to watch crazy online they want to have solutions and hope. keep going no matter what. and keep coming back to your healing, i need you like oxygen sometimes…
Wow Debbie, you have come a long way! You will make an impact for so many people who are currently in BPD hell and think they have no way out until they read your book. Cannot wait to read it! Whenever I am frustrated and sad, I always think of my friend and recently you, who have gotten so much better through DBT, if you guys can do it, I can do it too. I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel 🙂
Wow Debbie, you have come a long way! You will make an impact for so many people who are currently in BPD hell and think they have no way out until they read your book. Cannot wait to read it! Whenever I am frustrated and sad, I always think of my friend and recently you, who have gotten so much better through DBT, if you guys can do it, I can do it too. I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel 🙂