In this guest post, Charlotte (she/her), aged 28- feminist, adwoman, mental illness- shares her experiences of living with borderline...

Doing Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) was completely life-changing and helped me greatly with my BPD. I completed DBT some months ago...

Hope you enjoy the next three videos in my 14 Days of DBT Skills series. Day 10: PLEASE Skill (emotion regulation skill) Day 11: FAST...

Here are the next three videos in my 14 Days of DBT Skills series. Hope you enjoy or find them helpful. Day 7: Radical Acceptance Day 8:...

Here are the first three videos of 14 Days of DBT. I hope you enjoy them and find them helpful. Introduction video Day 1: Observe &...

*Update 06.09.20: Most of the videos have now been published on my channel. *Update 01.07.20: I am so sorry, but I have had to postpone...

I have noticed for a while now that psychotherapy (as well as psychiatry) is an extremely white dominated profession, both in terms of...

An invalidating environment is one that teaches a child that their thoughts and feelings are wrong, shameful or ‘too much’. Invalidating...

Kathy Lisborg is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Niagara Falls, New York. Kathy works in the areas of trauma, grief,...

Dan Warrender is a lecturer in mental health nursing at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland. Dan also continues to practice in...

[TW This post mentions self-harm] If you have BPD like me, then you may struggle with urges connected to strong emotions. For example,...

I’ve been doing dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) for nearly two years and I’m finishing very soon. It has helped me more than ever I...

This latest-- and incredibly moving and hopeful-- guest post is by the wonderful creator of DBT Nerd. DBT Nerd is a semi-anonymous blog and

Thanks so much to everyone who asked me a question on Twitter last Sunday and Monday. I really enjoyed it and loved hearing your...

Many people with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) have been through difficult or traumatic experiences in childhood,...

[TW This post very briefly mentions suicidal thoughts and self-harm] The last two weeks have been huge for me. For the first time in my...

Before I started dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) for my borderline personality disorder, I would hear the word 'mindfulness' and want...

I was delighted to be a guest on Kimberley Wilson's awesome Stronger Minds podcast talking about my experiences of Borderline...

I had the joy of interviewing my hugely talented friend Kathryn Watson about 'my illustrated mind', her practice of making art about...

Lately I have been overwhelmed. I am coming through the other side of this burn out and wanted to share the things I do that help.

1. Noticing my pain Sometimes observing the pain I'm in lessens it. I try to use validating 'I statements', such as 'I am in agony right...

[TW: This post talks about suicidal thoughts in detail, so please take care.] I deal with my suicidal thoughts in three ways by looking...

*This post mentions self-harm and suicidal thoughts* I am writing this from the middle of a wave of extremely uncomfortable emotions. I...

*This post mentions self-harm so please take care* There are many (possibly infinite!) ways to do DBT skills and most, if not all, DBT...