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People with borderline personality disorder (BPD) can be intensely caring, warm, smart, and funny--but their behavior often drives away those closest to them. If you're struggling in a tumultuous relationship with someone with BPD, this is the book for you. Dr. Shari Manning helps you understand why your spouse, family member, or friend has such out-of-control emotions--and how to change the way you can respond. Learn to use simple yet powerful strategies that can defuse crises, establish better boundaries, and radically transform your relationship. Empathic, hopeful, and science based, this is the first book for family and friends grounded in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), the most effective treatment for BPD.

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• Foreword(p. ix)
• Acknowledgments(p. xi)
• Introduction(p. 1)
• Part 1 Understanding Your Loved One and Your Relationship
• 1 "Why Do I Feel So Lost in This Relationship?"(p. 7)
• 2 What Makes Someone So Emotional?(p. 26)
• 3 The Hidden Power of Validation(p. 52)
• 4 Five Steps to Balanced Responses and Better Outcomes(p. 70)
• Part 2 The Many Faces of Borderline Personality Disorder
• 5 "I Can't Stand Feeling Like This!"(p. 101)
• 6 "It Was All My Fault"(p. 116)
• 7 "You Have to Fix This for Me!"(p. 130)
• 8 "Things Are Awful ... but Don't Worry; I'm Handling It"(p. 146)
• 9 "Why Do Terrible Things Keep Happening to Me?"(p. 162)
• 10 "Nothing's Wrong-I'm Fine"(p. 179)
• Part 3 Dealing with Crisis and Getting Help
• 11 Handling Your Own Difficult Emotions(p. 191)
• 12 Understanding Self-Harm/Suicide and Making Decisions about Hospitalization(p. 212)
• 13 Getting Treatment and Support(p. 227)
• Resources(p. 237)
• Bibliography(p. 243)
• Index(p. 245)
• About the Author(p. 253)

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Library Journal Review

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a lesser-known psychiatric diagnosis associated with serious forms of self-harm. BPD is also especially stigmatized, perhaps even among therapists. Manning, a clinician and apostle of leading BPD expert and dialectical behavior therapy originator Marsha Linehan, here addresses the concerns of friends and relatives of persons with BPD. First, Manning presents a biosocial theory of the disorder and suggests helpful responses to borderline behavior. She then explores the behavioral dynamics characteristic of BPD, including self-invalidation, lack of problem-solving skills, apparent competence, emotional dysregulation, and inhibited grieving. Specific scripts for encounters and detailed case examples are presented. The final section instructs readers on handling their own emotions and assessing the danger of self-harm and suicide and the need for hospitalization. The book ends with a brief overview of professional treatments for BPD. VERDICT This hopeful yet realistic book is an indispensable tool for managing relationships with persons who have borderline personality disorder. Research based, clearly written, and practical, this guide to a complex disorder is highly recommended.-Antoinette Brinkman, M.L.S., Evansville, IN (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Shari Y. Manning, PhD, is a clinician in private practice and the former President/CEO of Behavioral Tech and Behavioral Tech Research, the organizations founded by Marsha M. Linehan to provide training in DBT. Dr. Manning has focused on the treatment of people with BPD since 1993. She lives in Columbia, South Carolina.