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HELPLINE
1- 888- 4-TARA APD
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BORDERLINE
PERSONALITY DISORDER
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8
week Educational Workshop
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Are you a parent? A sibling?
A spouse? A partner? |
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Are you
struggling to cope with someone with BPD?
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Are you
coping all alone? |
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Are you
in a Crisis? |
This
workshop will help you understand BPD,
while improving trust & communication with your loved one.
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TARA's
Family DBT
Education and Coping Skills Workshop |
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An eight-week education and
coping skills workshop designed to help you
Change Your Anger Into Empathy
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HELP by becoming part of the solution rather than part of
the family stress
LEARN new methods
for communicating with your loved one.
LEARN
new coping skills based on DBT.
LEARN how to validate emotional responses by applying
DBT skills.
REDEVELOP trust leading to your loved
one finally seeking appropriate treatment
that will enable him/her to lead a life
worth living.
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It is our hope that by applying these new
*DBT skills your loved on will begin to trust
you and will finally seek the appropriate
treatment that can help them lead a better,
less painful life.
*DBT, a method of cognitive behavioral therapy
that treats people with Borderline Personality
Disorder BPD) developed by Marsha Linehan,
PhD. at the University of Washington. In
helping clients with serious, and sometimes
life threatening, problem behaviors, BDT
emphasizes behavioral change balanced by
acceptance, compassion & validation
About
the Workshops
Classes
run 8-week cycles.
Classes can be joined at any time.
Missed classes can be made up during
the next cycle.
Classes are limited to 16 participants
Homework assignments required.
Workshops must be paid in full, in
advance.
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Outline
of Family DBT
Skills training Workshop
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Class
I -- Things Are Not Always What They
Seem
Overview of BPD? Why are you always the recipient of what seems
to you to be irrational responses to what you consider to be
normal situations? The understanding of the systems in dysregulation
and the psychobiology of BPD will explain the symptoms and behaviors
that are so difficult for you to deal with. You will be informed
of the latest BPD research findings. You will learn how what
seems to be irrational behavior can be explained from a neurobiological
point of view.
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Class
II -- What is Cognitive Behavior Therapy?
Overview
of how we think and how this influences our behavior. Key concepts
will be explained such as shaping, reframing, parallel language,
catastrophizing, personalization, cost -benefit analyzing, jumping
to conclusions, fortune telling, mind reading, gray training,
decision matrix? What is anger management? A diary card?
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Class
III -- What are Emotions?
Analysis
of each emotion. How do we recognize emotions? How do we express
emotions. Why is this skill so important for communicating with
someone with BPD.
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Class
IV & V -- Validation:
What to we mean by validation? How do
you do it? Why is it so important to
validate the emotions of someone with
BPD? Learn why statements such as "Calm
Down" should never be said to someone
with BPD. Learn what is helpful to say
in stressful situations, when and how
to apply DBT skills and coping strategies
in the home. Work towards making the
family a therapeutic environment that
teaches & reinforces adaptive coping
methods for the person with BPD.*
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Class
VII & VIII -- Dialectical Behavioral
Therapy. (DBT):
What is DBT? How does it differ from
other treatments? Why does it work?
What is Radical Acceptance? How do you
find the Kernel of Truth in what a person
with BPD experiences? Understand why
tough love and simple boundary setting
don't generally work for people with
BPD. How to do a Behavior Analysis,
establish priorities and interpret a
diary card? How to develop a coping
skills support team. Practice Cheerleading,
Shaping and role playing within the
group. Reinforce DBT Skills. Establish
a self help telephone network(optional)
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Class
VI A -- Psychopharmacology:
What
medications are appropriate for specific BPD symptoms. What works
for each symptom? What side effects can be dangerous? When to
ask for changes in medication regimes. Being informed is your
best assurance that your loved one will receive appropriate pharmacological
treatment
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Class
VI B -- Grief to Advocacy:
How to accept the illness and reframe
your expectations. What constitutes
change? Practice rituals for grieving.
Future Hopes and Advocacy: How changing
your attitude towards your loved one
can result in improved outcomes. What
can you do to change the mental health
system so as to insure your loved one
can receives the services they need
and should have available in your community?
How TARA APD can continue to help you.
How becoming part of TARA APD's advocacy
and educational activities can empower
you. |
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Class
Schedule:
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Spring
2004:
* You
can join now
Wednesday
Evenings
April 28
Tuesday
Evenings
May 25
June 1,8
July 6,13,
Summer
2004:
Tuesday
Evenings
July 27
August 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
September 7, 14
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Class
Time:
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6:30
to 7:00 Socializing
7:00 to 10:30 Class |
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Place:
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TARA
Office: 23 Greene St., 3rd
floor |
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Directions:
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Between
Canal and Grand Street.
Take any subway to Canal
St.
Parking available on the
street. |
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