Borderline Personality Disorder Treatment
What Is Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)?

The History of Borderline Personality Disorder
According to the National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder, the term “borderline” has been the subject of debate. Historically, borderline personality disorder was considered to be on the borderline between psychosis and neurosis. However, the name of the condition doesn’t describe the disorder well and may be more harmful than helpful. The true nature of this disorder involves ongoing patterns of difficulty with self-regulation and trouble with emotions, thinking, behaviors, relationships, and self-image. For these reasons, borderline personality disorder is sometimes referred to as emotion disregulation.

Diagnosing Borderline Personality Disorder
- Paranoid ideas
- Relationship instability
- Abandonment fears, angry outbursts, and affective instability
- Identity disturbance and impulsive behavior
- Suicidal behavior
- Emptiness
Common Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder
- Having obsessive abandonment issues (real or imagined)
- Making suicidal gestures and threats
- Being emotionally overly reactive
- Self-harming
- Acting in self-destructive and impulsive ways (e.g., substance abuse, self-injury, gambling, reckless driving)
- Displaying a pattern of unstable relationships
- Experiencing chronic feelings of emptiness
- Being depressed
- Experiencing rapidly shifting moods (mood swings)
- Having inappropriate angry outbursts
- Being paranoid
- Disassociating from reality
- Feeling misunderstood
- Having an unstable self-image or low self-esteem
Our Individualized Borderline Personality Disorder Treatment Programs
At Lifeskills South Florida, we offer several levels of borderline personality disorder treatment based on where clients are in their recovery. Our BPD treatment includes detoxification services, residential treatment, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient programs, as well as a transitional living program. Clients move through their BPD treatment as they progress toward recovery. Provided below are details about each of our borderline personality disorder treatment programs.

Lifeskills Fort Lauderdale: Detox and Subacute Residential:

Lifeskills Deerfield Beach: Residential:

Lifeskills Delray Beach: Outpatient:

Lifeskills Osceola House: Transitional Housing:
How We Treat BPD: Dialectical Behavior Talk Therapy
Our Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Pathway
Core Mindfulness
Distress Tolerance
Interpersonal Effectiveness
Emotion Regulation
Acceptance and Change
Behavioral
Cognitive
Skill Sets
Collaboration
Support
Borderline Personality Disorder FAQs
What causes borderline personality disorder?
Can self-injurious behavior lead to suicide?
Is borderline personality disorder a lifelong disease?
Interested in learning more about our BPD treatment center? Call us at 866.321.9430 or fill out our contact form to start your recovery today.