Just want to say that my therapy was successful even though my T dismissed the whole diagnosis idea. Nor did I ever go through a formal DBT or CBT program.

My T is very experienced in working with BPD (although I didn't realize that when I started with her) -- she worked in hospitals, has trained therapists, does a lot of supervision, and so on. So she knows what she is doing. And, in my treatment, she chose not to follow some more conventional paths.

I just want to make the point that there's more than one approach that can be successful.

There are certainly treatment approaches that are commonly recommended. But they're not the only ones that work.

-Far