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BORDERLINE
PERSONALITY DISORDER
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TARA's
FAMILY WORKSHOP
DBT
Coping Skills for Families of People with Borderline Personality
Disorder
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8
week Educational Workshop
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Are you
a parent? A sibing? 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 workshopdesigned 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 methohds 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 appying 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
Hoework assignments reuired.
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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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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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(optiniol)
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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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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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How
to Register for
8 week NYC Workshop:
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FEES: |
Individual
N-M: $225 |
Couples:
$425 |
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APD Members: |
Individual
$200 |
Couples:
$385 |
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Guest
session:
$25 per session. Individual consultations by appointment.
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must be paid in full, in advance. Educational materials are provided
at each session. Workshops run in 8-week cycles. Homework assignments
given at each session. |
Please
call 212-966-6514 or
e-mail TARAAPD@aol.com to
reserve your place. |
Please make
all checks payable to TARA APD, a not-for-profit 501(C)3
Click
Here for the Register by Mail Form
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ORIENTATION
If you have questions about the workshop,
please call 212-966-6514 |
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When:
Sunday, September
7 , 2003 2-4 PM
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Where:
TARA Offices,
23 Greene ST., 3rd FL
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Meeting
Dates: Tuesday Evenings
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Winter
2-2004:
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February
10-17-24 2004
March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 2003 |
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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 lot available next to building. |
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Refreshments
Served, Educational Material Provided
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