[MoxieDoxie]

What kind of therapy are you in for BPD? What does your therapist do with you in sessions?

[greentires4me]

I did DBT in group session therapy. my counselor we do talk therapy and bit of CBT combined with DBT.

[BlueInanna]

I had a "mindfulness therapist". It was quite profound. One on one combo of talk therapy, guided meditations, listening to my body, processing past trauma. I didn't & don't now have an official bpd dx, I have bpII dx, but bpd traits - not sure I'm ready to open up to a T with this truth yet. I really don't want another dx. I've also done cbt with the abc's (activating event, beliefs about event, consequences of potential actions). Then we challenged our beliefs, learn to slow down long enough to figure out what really feeling & best action...
There are many types to choose from. Hope this may help.

[UnderTheRose]

Currently in DBT group as well as one on one with therapist every other week and psych once a month

[HealingNSuffering]

Mindfulness, CBT with elements of DBT incorporated into it. We do things like BlueInanna talked about, plus whenever I negative self-talk she gives me different things to say and different ways to look at things. We go through coping techniques for difficult times, teaches me healthier self-soothing techniques and validates my emotions. She is doing what she described as "finding the center in me" which I'd say she's doing a good job at. BPD can go into remission, my recommendation is to do maintenance therapy even after you feel better. Otherwise the stress tends to pile up on you and it comes back. That was my biggest mistake historically, I'd be in therapy for a year or three then start feeling better, I'd tell myself "there is no point anymore I feel normal" and quit going. Only to have my problems resurface a year or two down the road. Or I would get into arguments with the therapists and tell myself they are not worth going to anymore (devaluation). This was especially true of the T who originally suggested BPD.

[doglover1979]

I'm in a DBT program. 1 1/2 hours of DBT group and an hour of individual therapy. Most of my individual sessions are skills focused but its flexible depending on what is going on.

I am about to add an additional hour of trauma focused therapy every week for the next four months or so.

I meet with a doctor for meds every 2 months now that we have the right cocktail going.

I like my DBT therapist way better than other therapists I have seen. Its good for me to have things so focused. I used to go to therapy and not really tell them anything, just BS the whole session like I had not a problem in the world. Or I would show up, unload, and end up freaking out even more from embarrassment. Then I would never go back.

My DBT therapist knows exactly how to handle me. And for once in my life I feel like I am actually getting better. Its great!

So its working for me

At the moment doing Trauma, My T said yesterday that I am very Avoidant.

[Lmats]

DBT, which isn't working. At all. Neither does medication. I feel so damn hopeless.