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| TARA Affiliates |
TARA California
Sandy Boone,760-729-5748
sboone@compuaidusa.com
TARA Northern Calif.
Diana Benedict 707-526-3775
benedictd@sbcglobal.net TARA Chicago
Laura Cooper, 847-845-0628 cooper4449@gmail.com TARA New EnglandLeena Newcomb,413-824-2154
bleenanew@gmail.com TARA New Jersey
Regina Piscitelli 908-232-3561taranj@verizon.net TARA New YorkValerie Porr 212-966-6514
taraapd@aol.com TARA North Carolina
Marika Metting704-8075032
marikametting@ymail.com |
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President's Corner |
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Dear Friends :
BPD has received media attention thanks to Jane Brody's article in the NY Times. Based on the degree of disability BPD creates and the number of people suffering with the disorder, this attention is nowhere near what BPD merits. Did you know, the latest study by NIAAA found that 5.9% of the population meets criteria for BPD.
TARA hopes many of you will attend the informative ISSPD Conference in NYC on August 21-23, 2009. Don't miss this chance to learn from experts. Family members and consumers who are TARA members may be eligible for special rates.
This summer TARA is focusing on helping adolescent and adult brothers and sisters of people with BPD by offering 3 special workshops given by an extraordinary young woman, Sarah Piscitelli. She has developed a sibling program that, through under-standing, helps develop compassion for their loved one. Sarah will presents her program at the ISSPD.For those new to TARA, we hope you will attend our DBT Family workshop beginning on July 28, 2009. It will teach you ways to be effective! For graduates, don't miss the chance to learn Mentalization skills, how to change thinking by reframing events so as to avoid blow ups. Next class series begins on July 9, 2009 ( you may join the series at a later date if space is available) My book, Overcoming BPD, A Family Guide for Healing and Change, will probably be published by the end of the year. We look forward to welcoming all of you to NYC and to TARA. And, please, join TARA now so we can keep helping thise with BPD!
Best regards, | Valerie Porr,
President/Founder TARA NAPD | | | |
| TARA Needs Help NOW!
CHALLENGE GRANT |
The NY Times and NYC ISSPD Conference call attention to the gaps in research and services for those with BPD and their loved ones.For many years, TARA has tried to fill these gaps, working to help you. However the economic crisis is challenging our ability to continue doing our much needed work. We are bravely attempting to weather the financial crisis but depend on you for help. TARA is not supported by grants or government dollars. Our funding comes from memberships and generous gifts from people like you, people with BPD and their families, professionals who want to make a difference.
TARA has been offered a $5,000 challenge grant that will generously match, dollar for dollar, your contributions, (memberships &
renewals) between now and Aug. 30th.
Have we been there for you in the past? Have our website, information, referral service, or educational groups helped you? If you have benefited from our expertise, now is the time to payback. Help us so we can continue to help others by joining TARA NOW, renewing your membership, making a tax deductible gift.
THANK YOU from
All of us at TARA |
| BPD in the New York TImes June 16, 2009 |
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 BPD was the subject of "An Emotional Hair Trigger, Often Misread." in Jane Brody's June 16, 2009 article in the New York Times. The article interviews Marsha Linehan, Valerie Porr and George Han and discusses neurobiological basis of BPD and the impact of BPD on the entire family system The article received over 350 blog responses, a high for responses to a New York Times article. Additionally, Dr. Linehan answered reader's questions about BPD on line.The NY Times also provided an information in the Health Guide. TARA received a deluge of calls from concerned family members who are desperately seeking help for there loved ones. So many turned up for our monthly BPD Open House on June 29, 2009 that some had to stand. Clearly, there is an enormous unmet need for information and support for BPD. We at TARA thank Jane Brody for her compassionate discussion of BPD.
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Ist BPD International Conference
Berlin, Germany
July 1-3, 2010 |
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| JULY-AUGUST 2009 NYC Meetings
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| MENTALIZATION for FAMILIES
Thursday Nov. 12, Dec. 3, 17, Jan 7, 14, 28, 2010
7-10 PM |
Family Training in Mentalization to
Improve Relationships & Empathetic Communication
Mentalization, (MBT), is a new, evidence based treatment for BPD, developed by Antony Bateman and Peter Fonegy. It focuses on understanding the misunderstandings that often happen when we try to communicate with others, especially a person with BPD.It focuses on changing thinking before changing behavior. This class requires knowledge of DBT and is open to any graduates of TARA's DBT classes. JOIN this new series of MENTALIZATION classes now!Series of 5 Classes $225 Advance registration required RSVP 212-966-6514 or taraapd@aol.com
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NYC 8 WEEK DBT Skills Family Workshop
Tuesdays December 1, 8, 15, 2009
Jan. 5, 12, 19, 26, Feb. 5, 2010
7-11 PM |
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Register NOW............SPACE is LIMITED!!!!!!!!! For Loved One's of People with BPD
Help yourself by learning how to help your loved one! Do you believe your loved one has BPD? Are you coping with Impulsivity? Suicidal behavior? Self injury? Rage Attacks? Emotional Dysregulation ?Frequently shifting moods? Super sensitivity? Learn DBT tools to help make the environment less stressful, decrease potentially upsetting triggers and diminish volatile interactions. Learn about the neurobiology underlying BPD , how to replacing anger with compassion, how to changes behavior. For More Information click here
32 class hours of class Comprehensive BPD Notebook & Refreshments
FEES: TARA Members Indiv $315, Couples $625
Non-Members Indiv $350 Couples $675
Meet Meetings held at TARA Offices at 23 Greene St
To register or for more info Call 212-966-6514 or 908-232-3561 or taraapd@aol.com |
| TARA NEW JERSEY
Third Wednesday, 6:30-8:45 PM |
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PLACE First Baptist Church of Westfield, New Jersey
RSVP Regina at 908-232-3561 or taranj@verizon.net
$15 suggested donation per person
| NYC BPD OPEN HOUSE
MONDAY November 30, December 28, 2009 7-9 PM |
| Are you struggling with problems you don't understand? Do you need hope, help, support & Information? Support and Answers to all your questions about BPD.
ALL WELCOME
23 Greene St. 3rd Floor SOHO NY Between Canal and Grand St.
Suggested Donation $25 per person Refreshments Served | |
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| TARA North Carolina
Wednesday 7-9 PM |
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Support & Psychoeducation for Family & Friends of People with BPD
Wedgewood Baptist Church,
4800 Wedgewood Drive
Charlotte, NC 28210
RSVP Marika Metting 704 807 5032 or marikametting@ymail.com
Suggested Donation $15.00 Meetings: Third Tuesday of each month |
TARA California 10 WEEK DBT Skills Family Workshop
Tuesdays Beginning January 2010 6:30 -9 PM |
 TARA Southern California hold educational meetings in several locations
in the San Diego area. The 10 week DBT Family Skills Training class
begins on Sept 15, 12009, meetings take place on Tuesdays, 6:30- 9 PM. Location to be announced.
To register or for more information, contact Sandy Boone 760-729-5748
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We at TARA look forward to welcoming you to NYC at the ISSPD conference and at our upcoming classes and meetings across the nation.
 Valerie PorrPres/Founder TARA Nat'l Association for Personality Disorder
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