Borderline Personality Disorder Society of BC
Borderline Personality Disorder Society of BC
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The D of DBT: Dialectics and Finding the Middle Path
This workshop explores what it means to be dialectical - and how doing so can help reduce suffering and open up to new possibilities.
Andrea and Gill are Occupational Therapists who met while working on an Adult Mental Health Team for Vancouver Coastal Health. They share a passion for learning, practicing and teaching DBT skills, and they have over 20 years of DBT teaching experience between them. Gill is also a Mindful Self-Compassion teacher, trained through the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion and a trained Mindfulness facilitator though the UCLA Semel Institute in Neuroscience and Human Behaviour. Andrea and Gill currently run the Livewell DBT Skills Group. (Livewelldbt.com)
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BPD Month Webinar RO-DBT: Addressing Perfectionism, Emotional Loneliness, and "Quiet" BPD
Переглядів 24Місяць тому
This webinar on "Radically Open Dialectical Behaviour Therapy: Addressing Perfectionism, Emotional Loneliness, and "Quiet" BPD" will unveil the unique approach of Radically Open Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (RO DBT) in addressing perfectionism and emotional loneliness, two common struggles faced by many. We will also talk about how it differs from classic DBT, and how it may be helpful for tho...
BPD Day 24 Jay's Story of Lived Experience
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Jay Cavanagh, BA, MA (He/Him) is a self-identifying gay and first-generation doctoral student at the University of Calgary. His thesis research aims to explore sensory experiences of the borderline through recovery processes inside the clinic and externally of it. A self-identifying member of the BPD community, Jay's work takes up the task of reorienting understandings of the borderline persona...
BPD Day 24 Discover Your Self-Compassion: A Writing Workshop to Buffer the Stigma
Переглядів 19Місяць тому
Dylan Zambrano, MSW, RSW is the founder of DBT Virtual, an online dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) clinic servicing multiple Canadian provinces, including Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta and Nova Scotia. He has several years of experience working on a DBT team within an outpatient mental health hospital setting, and provides DBT training, consultation and supervision to other therapists. ...
BPD Day 24 Healing My Relationship with My Mother with BPD Through Self-Reflection and Growth
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Amanda Oliveira Lattuca’s story is all about blending personal passion with professional know-how. Originally from Toronto, she made the move to Vancouver in 2017, where she and her family dove into a new adventure. With identical twin girls who just turned one, Amanda's nurturing spirit extends beyond her family life. She's spent over 6 years managing nonprofit associations and over 2 years pr...
BPD Day 24 Debunking Myths about BPD
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Katie Dixon-Gordon, Ph.D., received her undergraduate training from the University of Washington, where she worked as a research intern and staff member for Marsha Linehan, Ph.D. Dr. Dixon-Gordon received her doctoral training from Simon Fraser University working with Alex Chapman, Ph.D., and completed her internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. D...
BPD Day 23 Understanding Suicidality in BPD: Insights from Research
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Spencer Chen (she/her/hers) is a clinical psychology graduate student in Personality and Emotion Research Lab at SFU. She is passionate about preventing suicide and helping people with BPD build lives experienced as worth living. Her current research involves studying the internal struggle that suicidal individuals experience and integrating risk-based and life-oriented approaches to suicide.
BPD Day 23 Advocating for BPD: A Family Journey toward Hope and Healing
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Paula Tusiani-Eng, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Emotions Matter Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to educate, support, and advocate for those impacted by borderline personality disorder (BPD). She received her Master's in Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in 2001 and her Master's in Social Work from Adelphi University in 2014. She received her Certificate in Non-Profit Ma...
BPD Day 23 Melanie's Story of Lived Experience
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Melanie Goldman is a leading light in the field of mental health advocacy and helps fight on behalf of those with borderline personality disorder (BPD) based in Toronto, Canada. Melanie has spent the majority of her life working in the music industry and composing music, and she has earned a degree in psychology. After realizing she needed to fend for herself after being in a hospital ten years...
BPD Day 23 Fighting Stigma by Increasing Understanding
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Catherine Humenuk is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who primarily focuses on borderline personality disorder. She operates various social media accounts dedicated to providing nonjudgmental, evidence-based information about BPD.
BPD Day 23 From 'Textbook BPDer' to Therapist Helping BPDers
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Candida Moreira is a neurospicy relational trauma therapist, writer and tedx speaker who thrives at the intersection of language and feelings. Having met the criteria for a BPD diagnosis at a time when it was still considered hopeless, Candida is passionate about smashing stigmas and encouraging folx to move through the world fully owning all of who they are. She has a knack for complicating th...
BPD Day 23 The Role of Acceptance in Recovery: Lessons from Marsha Linehan's Life
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Amanda Smith, LCSW, is a trained DBT therapist from Waco, Texas, and author of DBT Wellness Planner: 365 Days of Healthy Living for Your Body, Mind and Spirit. She founded Hope for BPD, and a blog called My Dialectical Life. Amanda started out in the mental health field by serving as the executive director of the Pinellas County, Florida affiliate of the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NA...
BPD Day 22 Stephanie's Story of Lived Experience
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Stephanie Dahling is a Bachelor of social work graduate from the University of Victoria and a Graduate in the Master of Arts in Community Development, at the University of Victoria. Between 2016-2018 she earned her diploma in Social Services at the North Island College, Comox Valley Campus, and after nearly nine years of Military service with the Canadian Rangers she is excited to embark on a n...
BPD Day 22 Power of Validation
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Sheri Van Dijk is a Social Worker who has been working with clients with severe mental health problems since 2000. With extensive experience in a hospital as well as community setting, Sheri now sees clients in private practice, and provides consultation and training internationally to other clinicians. Sheri has had extensive training in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and mindfulness and h...
BPD Day 22 Lynne's Family Story
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Lynne Bonner is a retired biologist with over 30 years’ experience as a habitat biologist with the BC Ministry of Environment and the non-profit Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation. To help a family member with BPD, she began attending the BPD Society of BC’s support group in Victoria in 2016. The experiences shared in this group and through attending two Family Connections workshops, have de...
BPD Day 22 Kathleen's Story of Lived Experience
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BPD Day 22 Kathleen's Story of Lived Experience
BPD Day 22 Stigma & BPD
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BPD Day 22 Stigma & BPD
BPD Day 22 Bryan's Story of Lived Experience
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BPD Day 22 Bryan's Story of Lived Experience
BPD Day 21 BPD & The Prison System
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BPD Day 21 BPD & The Prison System
BPD Day 21 Honé's Story of Lived Experience
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BPD Day 21 Honé's Story of Lived Experience
BPD Day 21 BPD, Adolescents & Advocacy
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BPD Day 21 BPD, Adolescents & Advocacy
BPD Day 21 Sarah's Family Story
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BPD Day 21 Sarah's Family Story
BPD Day 21 Advocating for Accessible DBT
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BPD Day 21 Advocating for Accessible DBT
BPD Day 21 What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
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BPD Day 21 What is Borderline Personality Disorder?