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The Borderline Relationship
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More than twenty million people suffer from Borderline Personality Disorder and
countless more suffer from borderline traits. In addition, partners of those
suffering from BPD are very likely to seek therapy in their attempts to
understand their relationship. The borderline relationship is especially
problematic, primarily due to the dual problems of fear of abandonment and fear
of engulfment most BPD's experience.
In this seminar we will examine the borderline relationship from the
perspectives of both the BPD and their partner. In the first half of the
seminar, Beverly will present information based on her new book, Loving Him
Without Losing You. We will focus on the relationship through the eyes of
the BPD, including their expectations of the relationship and their partner,
their sensitivity to rejection, their inability to maintain object constancy and
their splitting behavior.
In the second half of the workshop, Randi Kreger, the co-author of Stop
Walking on Eggshells and the partner of a borderline for 18 years, will
explore the borderline relationship from the perspective of the partner. Since
many suffering from BPD are high functioning and their problems tend to manifest
primarily in the confines of an intimate relationship, many partners are unaware
of the fact that their partner suffers from the disorder, causing them to blame
themselves for the problems in the relationship or to remain in a constant state
of confusion.
The question then arises - should a therapist divulge the fact that someone's
partner may have BPD? We will address this issue and you will gain a deeper
understanding of BPD, not just on an intellectual level but on an emotional one,
and learn new skills for managing BPD in your clinical work.
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Presenter: Beverly Engel, M.F.T. has 25 years experience as a
psychotherapist and extensive experience supervising and teaching. An
internationally recognized expert in the fields of relationships, abuse,
women's issues, and sexuality she is the author of 12 self-help books,
several of which are bestsellers: The
Right to Innocence, The
Emotionally Abused Woman, Partners
in Recovery, Families
in Recovery, Raising
your Sexual Self-esteem and Sensual
Sex. She has two new books coming out in the spring of 2000: Loving
Him Without Losing You and Women Circling the Earth: A guide to
fostering community, healing and empowerment through women's circles.
She has appeared on many national TV programs including: CNN, Oprah!,
Sally Jesse Raphael, Rikki Lake and Leeza, and is a frequent keynote
speaker and workshop leader at conferences throughout the U.S. and
Canada. Visit her
website.
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Presenter: Randi Kreger is the co-author of the highly
respected Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking your life back when
someone you care about has borderline personality disorder, the
first book to address the problems of partners of borderlines. Unable to
find sufficient information about the effects of BPD behavior on
non-borderlines, she began researching the issue on the Internet,
eventually collecting more than a thousand stories detailing the
devastating effects of the disorder. Kreger moderates two e-mail
discussion groups for non-BPDs and maintains a comprehensive website
about BPD (http://www.bpdcentral.com/).
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