Borderline Personality Disorder & DBT Resources
Books, workbooks, worksheets, classes, movies, and more!
Books, workbooks, worksheets, classes, movies, and more!
Please note that I do my best to do due diligence before accepting any listings for the following sections by qualifying the resources with some or all of the following: phone interviews, email correspondence, credential checks, and when possible, references. That being said, please contact/use these services at your own risk, as I am not responsible for any interactions you may engage in with any resource listed here.
Crisis Chat (Domestic, USA)
Lifeline Chat is a service of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, connecting individuals with counselors for emotional support and other services via web chat. All chat centers in the Lifeline network are accredited by CONTACT USA. Lifeline Chat is available 24/7 across the U.S.
DBT – Dialectical Behavior Therapy
DBT Skills Focused Websites
My Daily DBT (by same author of this blog)
DBT Resources for Clinicians and those seeking services
Behavioral Tech, LLC. (via Dr. Marsha Linehan, who founded DBT)
Workbooks
Fulton State Hospital DBT Workbook
Worksheets
Tons of Therapy Worksheets (many on BPD/DBT, but not limited to these)
DBT Cheat Sheets and Carry Cards
DBT “The Decider” Skills Card by Michelle Ayres and Carol Vivyan
Printable DBT Skills Cheat Sheet
Feelings Wheel (Be Mindful of Current Emotion)
Podcasts
Kaiser Permanente Podcasts: Anxiety, stress, coping and more.
DBT for Children
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Validation Strategies for Parents
Worksheet for Coping with Anger
Using DBT to Reduce Emotion Dysregulation in Children & Adolescents
Meditation Video
Find a DBT Therapist
DBT Path
Wondering if our online DBT informed course is right for you? Check out Peggy’s video on how our classes helped her reclaim her life and confidence. We’re so proud of Peggy. Her share is a testament to her hard work and dedication to skillfulness and self-compassion. Way to go, Peggy! For more information on our online, Real-time DBT informed courses, visit ► www.emotionallysensitive.com ♥
Memoirs and Lived Experience of Borderline Personality Disorder:
Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder
I Hate You–Don’t Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality
Lost in The Mirror: An Inside Look at Borderline Personality Disorder
Sometimes I Act Crazy: Living with Borderline Personality Disorder
Workbooks and Guidebooks
Mindfulness for Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified: Essential Guide for Understanding and Living with BPD
Borderline Personality Disorder for Dummies
Borderline Personality Disorder Survival Guide
Depressed and Anxious: The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Workbook for Overcoming Depression & Anxiety
The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Diary: Monitoring Your Emotional Regulation Day by Day
The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook (Peer Recommended!)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Volume 2 – Companion Worksheets
Freedom from Selfharm: Overcoming Self-Injury with Skills from DBT and Other Treatments
Overcoming Borderline Personality Disorder: A Family Guide For Healing and Change
Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder
Stop Sabotaging: A 31 Day DBT Challenge to Change Your Life (My book)
Boundaries
Boundaries Where You End And I Begin: How To Recognize And Set Healthy Boundaries
Specific Spiritual Perspectives
Unglued (by Christian author Lysa TerKuerst)
Borderline Personality: A Scriptural Perspective (Gospel for Real Life)
For Helping Children through DBT
Characters described as having or believed to have BPD:
Girl, Interrupted online rental version – Starring Winona Ryder & Angelina Jolie
Girl, Interrupted DVD version – Starring Winona Ryder & Angelina Jolie
Prozac Nation online rental version – Starring Christina Ricci
Prozac Nation DVD version – Starring Christina Ricci
Runaway Bride online rental version – Starring Julia Roberts
Runaway Bride DVDversion – Starring Julia Roberts
Young Adult– online rental version – Starring Charlize Theron
Young Adult– DVD version – Starring Charlize Theron
Border_ : A Compassionate Documentary on Borderline Personality Disorder
(About 20 minutes in length)
Guided Meditation:
CDs
The Healing Waterfall II: Tropical Paradise
Time for Healing: Relaxation for Mind and Body
Total Relation with accompanying book
Intensive help for Anxiety and Depression
Attacking Anxiety and Depression by Lucinda Bassett
MP3s
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