The great thing about treating borderline patients is that…

“A patient's passivity must not be unilaterally interpreted as lack of motivation, resistance, lack of confidence, or the like. Many times, passivity is a…

— Marsha M. Linehan

“DBT's catchphrase of developing a life worth living means you're not just surviving; rather, you have good reasons for living. I'm also getting better…

— Kiera Van Gelder

“The desire to commit suicide, however, has at its base a belief that life cannot or will not improve. Although that may be the…

— Marsha M. Linehan

What? 'Borderline patients play games'? That what you said? Ernest, you'll never be a real therapist if you think like that. That's exactly what…

— Irvin D. Yalom

“To stave off the panic associated with the absence of a primary object, borderline patients frequently will impulsively engage in behaviors that numb the…

— Christine Ann Lawson

“Emotions are not good, bad, right, or wrong. The first step to changing our relationship to feelings is to be curious about them and…

— Lane Pederson

“The quality of silence in my life speaks to the health of my soul/mind. If the silence is deafening, suppressive, terrifying... (it speaks to…

— L.M. Browning

“When emotions turn and stay sour, when thoughts become cynical and judgmental, good and compassionate treatment is on the line. Helpers who become sour…

— Scott E. Spradlin

“Even you, the professional helper, often mistaken for the enlightened Guru or Staretz, can become lost in your thoughts that you must be competent…

— Scott E. Spradlin

“Even when emotions seem to overtake life, such as when we are depressed or anxious or angry, it is important to remember that those…

— Lane Pederson

“The word dialectic (in dialectical behavior therapy) means to balance and compare two things that appear very different or even contradictory. In dialectical behavior…

— Matthew McKay

“Should you operate upon your clients as objects, you risk reducing them to less than human. Following the culture of appropriation and mastery your…

— Scott E. Spradlin

“To a large degree, a particular collision of genes and temperament with a suboptimal or hostile environment may explain the development of borderline personality…

— Dolores Mosquera

“The theologian Paul Tillich wrote that "loneliness can be conquered only by those who can bear solitude." Because the borderline finds solitude so difficult…

— Jerold J. Kreisman

“            Tempting as it may be to draw one conclusion or another from my story and universalize it to apply to another's experience, it is…

— Rachel Reiland