Crossing The Borderline - Inside a therapeutic community (Paperback)

Polly Fielding was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. This label carries a stigma, which can further isolate a sufferer who is already desperate and feels intense loneliness, while trying to cope with their powerfully negative emotions. Feeling unloveable and unacceptable, Polly had to fight for years to get the appropriate help, as she recounts compellingly in her book 'A Mind To Be Free'. She almost died in her efforts to convince the authorities that she deserved treatment. She was finally given a place in a therapeutic community. There are several therapeutic communities in the UK and USA. They exist to help people with long-term complex mental health problems to assist and support each other in learning to cope with their problems, under the guidance of trained psychiatric professionals. Polly Fielding spent almost a year in such a community, learning the skills of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy to help combat her emotional difficulties. This was no easy ride. She writes about her day-to-day, sometimes unhappy experiences, and provide an insight into the benefits and pitfalls of being part of an enclosed society, where clients can often treat each other very harshly. She emerges with greatly increased insight, awareness and an ability to cope constructively with her daily emotional turmoil. This book will bring hope to those who feel abandoned, self-destructive and alone with the daily torture of their mental suffering. "A balanced account of the lived experience of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. This should be read by clinicians and service users alike. The first book to bring Dialectical Behaviour Therapy to life, this is a must-read for anybody who has an interest in this novel treatment." Paul Barrett, Nurse Specialist (Community Personality Disorders Service), Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust This book and its two related books,"And This Is My Adopted Daughter" and "A Mind To Be Free" are available as a single-volume trilogy under the title, "Letting Go," at a lower price than buying all three individually.

General

Imprint:	Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2013
First published:	March 2013
Authors:	Polly Fielding
Dimensions:	203 x 127 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	168
ISBN-13:	978-1-4827-3507-9
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > Mental health services Promotions
LSN:	1-4827-3507-5
Barcode:	9781482735079

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