Books/Movies of interest
- Aguirre, B., Galen, G. (2013). Mindfulness for Borderline Personality Disorder: Relieve Your Suffering Using the Core Skill of Dialectical Behavior Therapy. New Harbinger Publications.
- Aguirre, B., Galen, G. (2015). Coping with BPD: DBT and CBT Skills to Soothe the Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder. New Harbinger Publications.
- Aguirre, B., Galen, G. (2021). DBT For Dummies. For Dummies Publications.
- Cook, C., (2021) The Way She Feels: My Life on the Borderline in Pictures and Pieces. Tin House Books.
- Corso, D. (2017). Stronger Than BPD: The Girl’s Guide to Taking Control of Intense Emotions, Drama, and Chaos Using DBT. New Harbinger Publications.
- Girl, Interrupted (Columbia Pictures, 1999).
- Gunderson, J., Hoffman, P., (2016). Beyond Borderline: True Stories of Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder. New Harbinger Publications.
- Koons, C.R., (2016). The Mindfulness Solution for Intense Emotions: Take Control of Borderline Personality Disorder with DBT. New Harbinger Publications.
- Linehan, M. (2020). Building a Life Worth Living: A Memoir. Random House.
- McKay, M., Wood, J., Brantley, J., (2019). The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, & Distress Tolerance. New Harbinger Publications.
- Thornton, M.F. 1998. Eclipses: Behind the Borderline Personality Disorder. Madison, AL: Monte Santo.
- Van Gelder, K. (2010). The Buddha and the Borderline: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder through Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Buddhism, and Online Dating. New Harbinger Publications.
- Wanklin, J. 1997. Let Me Make it Good: A Chronicle of My Life with Borderline Personality Disorder. Buffalo, NY: Mosaic Press.
For Families of DBT Clients
- Bruell, H., (2022). TAYA: A Case for the Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder in Children. Columbia, SC. Independently Published. Foreword by Blaise Aguirre, MD and Afterword by Alec L. Miller, PsyD
- Hoffman, P., Fruzetti, A., and Swenson, S. (1999). Dialectical Behavior Therapy – Family Skills Training. Family Process, 38(4), 399-414.
- Hollander, M., (2017). Helping Teens Who Cut, Second Edition: Using DBT. Skills to End Self-Injury. Guilford Publications
- Manning, S.Y., Linehan, M.M. (2011). Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder. Guilford Press.
- Porr, V. ( 2010 ). Overcoming Borderline Personality Disorder: A Family Guide for Healing and Change. Oxford University Press.
- If Only I Had Known: A Family Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder (5 DVD Set). Dawkins Productions.
- Gunderson, JG. & Hoffman, PD. (2005) Understanding and Treating Borderline Personality Disorder: A Guide for Professionals and Families. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, Inc.
- Hoffman, PD, and Steiner-Grossman, P. (2008) . Borderline Personality Disorder: Meeting the Challenges to Successful Treatment. Philadelphia, PA: Haworth Press.
For Couples
Fruzzetti, A.E., and Linehan, M.M. (2006). The High Conflict Couples: A Dialectical Behavior Therapy Guide to Finding Peace, Intimacy & Validation. New Harbinger Publications, Inc., Oakland, CA.
Websites to explore
BPD Central – www.bpdcentral.com
National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder (NEA-BPD) –Click here:
TARA (The Treatment and Research Advancements National Association for Personality Disorder) – www.tara4bpd.org.