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“The parent-child connection is the most powerful mental health intervention known to mankind.”

— Bessel van der Kolk

Books for parents and family members:

  • Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder by Dr. Shari Manning
     

  • “Acquainted with the Night” by Paul Raeburn
    “The Buddha and the Borderline” by Kiera Van Gelder

  • “Mania” by Terri Cheney (to go inside the mind of someone when she is manic)

  • “The Burden of Sympathy” by David Karp

  • “I hate you...Don't leave me” (early) and “Sometimes I act crazy” (new) by Jerold Kreisman

  • “The Essential Family Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder” by Randi Kreger

  • “Stop Walking on Eggshells” by Paul Mason and  Randi Kreger

  • “Will's Choice” by Gail Griffith

  • “Understanding and Treating Borderline Personality Disorder” by John Gunderson and Perry Hoffman

  • “Beyond Borderline: True Stories of Recover” Edited by John Gunderson and Perry Hoffman

  • “New Hope for Children and Teens with BiPolar Disorder” by Boris Birmaher

  • “New Hope for people with Borderline Personality Disorder” by Neil Bockian

  • “Overcoming Borderline Personality Disorder: A Family Guide for Healing and Change” by Valerie Porr

  • “Wasted” and “Madness” by Marya Hornbacher

  • Workbooks by New Harbinger especially: “Don’t Let Emotions Run Your Life for teens” by Sheri Van Dijk and “Dialectical Behavior Therapy” by McKay

  • “Parenting a Child Who Has Intense Emotions” by Pat Harvey and Jeanine Penzo

  • “Parenting a Teen Who Has Intense Emotions” by Pat Harvey and Britt Rathbone

  • “I am not Sick, I Don't Need Help” by Xavier Amador

  • “An Unquiet Mind” by Kaye Jamison

  • “Blackout” by Sarah Hepola

  • “The Mindfulness Solution for Intense Emotions” by Cedar Koons

  • “The Price of Silence” by Liza Long

  • “Secret No More: A true story of hope for Parents with an Addicted Child” by Lisa Hillman

Web resources for parents and family members

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National Alliance on Mental Illness (www.NAMI.org): Family-to-Family Programs; peer-to-peer programs, In 
Our Own Voices (personal stories that help build awareness of mental illness), support groups for family 
members and consumers, and advocacy.

BehavioralTech.org – DBT official website, provides information on trainings

NEA-BPD Family Connections Classes: www.borderlinepersonalitydisorder.com
The Director is Perry Hoffman. This website also provides audio and video trainings and presentations 
about DBT and other treatments.

TARA Treatment and Research Advancement: National Association for Personality Disorder: DBT Family 
Workshops: www.tara4bpd.org. The Director is Valerie Porr.

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