Borderline: The Biography of a Personality Disorder
Alexander Kriss
An intimate, compassionate, and expansive portrait of Borderline Personality Disorder that rejects the conventional wisdom that the condition is untreatable and those diagnosed with it are “difficult,” told by a psychologist who specializes in BPD
Mental illness is heavily stigmatized within our society, and folks with BPD are portrayed as especially hopeless by doctors and popular culture alike. When, as a graduate student, Alexander Kriss first began working as a therapist in the field, his supervisors warned him that borderline patients were manipulative and had a tendency to drop out of treatment. Yet, years later, when Kriss was establishing his private practice and a patient named Ana came to his office, he felt compelled to try to help her, despite all of the warnings he'd heard.
Borderline is the story of his work with Ana—how their relationship led Kriss to a deeper understanding of the borderline experience and what it means to be a...
Mental illness is heavily stigmatized within our society, and folks with BPD are portrayed as especially hopeless by doctors and popular culture alike. When, as a graduate student, Alexander Kriss first began working as a therapist in the field, his supervisors warned him that borderline patients were manipulative and had a tendency to drop out of treatment. Yet, years later, when Kriss was establishing his private practice and a patient named Ana came to his office, he felt compelled to try to help her, despite all of the warnings he'd heard.
Borderline is the story of his work with Ana—how their relationship led Kriss to a deeper understanding of the borderline experience and what it means to be a...
年:
2024
出版社:
Beacon Press
语言:
english
文件:
EPUB, 1.54 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2024
Amazon 
Barnes & Noble 
Bookshop.org 
转换文件
更多搜索结果
其他特权 
![ERIC M. PLAKUN, M.D. [ERIC M. PLAKUN, M.D.] — NEW PERSPECTIVES ON NARCISSISM](https://s3proxy.cdn-zlib.se/covers200/collections/userbooks/82bd636d609f2a178f27ffa3be3a53532dd4f9c9458b03d50898f21b31d896d2.jpg)
![ERIC M. PLAKUN, M.D. [ERIC M. PLAKUN, M.D.] — NEW PERSPECTIVES ON NARCISSISM](https://s3proxy.cdn-zlib.se/covers200/collections/userbooks/443d4c942a51851eb80938976ba67176206ab73ac47e12f7aa2f03fd3924a7ed.jpg)
关键词
关联书单
