Borderline personality disorder is hard to understand.
This booklet gives clients and
clinicians a manageable tool that rationalises a complex presentation and its
resulting overwhelming impact in a pictorial form.
Together with a solid therapeutic
relationship, a working formulation and treatment plan, it is a useful aid to
communication and understanding.
The framework is particularly
useful when a client calls in distress. It is a tool that can be used easily. By
using the picture nearest to how the clients feel (1-7), a mutual
understanding and starting point can be quickly reached to move things forward
mindfully and with compassion.
The back of each page has been
left blank for clients own notes.
Michelle Ayres is a cognitive
behavioural psychotherapist. Her background is mental health nursing and
management. She lives and works in Guernsey.
Michelle was selected to present The BPD Tool via a stall at the 1st National
Personality Disorder Congress in Birmingham on 19 + 20 November 2009. It was
inspiring to hear of all the initiatives being introduced by the government for
clients with personality disorders. This 'top down' approach is to be applauded.
Using The BPD Tool could be viewed as a 'bottom up' approach, where clinicians
can really work creatively with clients to understand their complex
presentation.
