Borderline Personality

Aguirre, Blaise A. (2007). Borderline personality disorders in adolescents: a complete guide to understanding and coping when your adolescent has BPD. Beverly Mass: Fair Winds Press. Discusses research and treatment of BPD.

Kaysen, Susanna (1993). Girl Interrupted. NY: Vintage Books. First person account of a young woman treated in a mental hospital for borderline personality disorder. Describes conditions in the 60’s – some of which have changed today.

Manning, Shari (2011). Loving Someone With Borderline Personality Disorder: How to Keep Out-of-Control Emotions From Destroying Your Relationship. New York, N.Y.: The Guilford Press. Describes how to have a relationship with a spouse, friend, or family member who has BPD.

Mason, Paul & Kreger, Randi (2010). Stop walking on eggshells: Take Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder: 2nd Edition. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger. A supportive book for anyone who has a relationship with a person with borderline personality disorder.

McKay, Matthew, Wood, Jeffrey, Brantley, Jeffrey (2007). The dialectical behavior therapy skills workbook: practical DBT exercises for learning mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotional regulation & distress tolerance. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications. A workbook for those with emotional regulation issues. Can be used alone or with support from a therapist or group.

Mondimore, Francis M & Kelly, Patrick (2011). Borderline personality disorder: new reasons for hope. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press. A resource for clients, their families and therapists.

Moskovitz, Richard (2001). Lost in the mirror: an inside look at borderline personality disorder. Lanham, MD: Taylor Trade Publishing. A very readable book about borderline personality disorder for clients and those that care about them.

Roth, Kimberlee & Friedman, Freda (2004). Surviving a Borderline Parent: How to Heal Your Childhood Wounds and Build Trust, Boundaries, and Self-Esteem. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Press. Written to help people who grew up with a parent with BPD and thought something was wrong with them.