Nov. 1: Tuesday: 7PM,ET

Meet Dr. Kaz Nelson

Medications and Management Strategies for BPD.

This webinar is appropriate for all,

including those with lived experience of emotional pain and distress.

Katharine "Kaz" Nelson, MD, is an Assoc. Prof of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Univ. of Minnesota Med. School Dr. Nelson is an expert in the best clinical practices in the diagnosis and management of BPD, self-injury, and psychotherapeutic communication. She will tell you about current BPD treatments, integrating the latest scientific developments. She is a fierce advocate for compassionate and effective care for people with BPD.

Q&A after the talk.

Nov. 8: Tuesday: 7PM ET

The Sibling's Perspective

How a BPD Sibling Effects Family Relationships

Consume all the family energy
BPD siblings gets all the attention
Strains Family relationships
Family lives with chronic stress.
Family simmers with Resentment
Need to pretend & keep secrets
trust in family is at minimal
As adults, siblings estrange
Resentment towards parents
Unexpressed anger

Loss of Parental Attention
Unequal Treatment is unfair
Pressure to Achieve,
Pressure to be Perfect
Guilt over abilities or health
Guilt over sibling conflicts
pretending and lying to others
Embarrassed by Siblings
Responsibilities & Demands
Coping with negative feelings.

November: Thursday: 10 7PM ET

3 new classesfor those with lived experience of emotional sensitivity, relationship problems, & shame feelings

The Emotional Sensitive Brain Explained

Part 1 of a 3 part program designed for those living with extreme emotional pain and difficulty with interpersonal relationships.

No diagnosis is required.

Are you curious or confused by the way you sometimes think, feel, or act?

Why is it sometimes hard to control behavior?

This 3 series program

will help you understand yourself.

(Family members are also welcome)

3 Thursdays at 7 PM

Part 1 Your Brain Explained Nov 10

Part 2 Mentalization #1 Nov 17

Part 3 Mentalization #2 Dec 1

Part 1:

Nov 10: Thursday: 7 PM ET

What's Going on Under the Hood?

Your Brain Explained

How your Brain determines

what you think, how you feel, & how you act

Mentalization respects that each person's sensitivity to the world is different, each person perceives things differently and therefore has different interpretations of the world. Everyone's reactions to the same event or stimuli is not the same. Misunderstandings happens when we misinterpret each other's intentions and actions. Differences in each person's perception can lead to misunderstandings of intentions and relationship ruptures.

learn more about the brain

Nov 15: Tuesday: 7 PM ET

Tips for Managing Holidays

Without a Crisis

How to avoid scenes and disruptions!
Manage these difficult gatherings
avoid confrontations & escalation
get through the day with a smile!

Everyone anticipates rejection and comparisons, ruminates about what people might say or worries about how to answer questions people might ask them. All in all, many of you might be facing these supposed happy occasions with dread or shame while others may be anticipating happy connections with family and friends.

Nov. 17: Thursday: 7 PM ET

Part 2 Mentalization

A way to help emotionally sensitive people to clarify interactions, improve relationships to others and

to yourself, help you to heal

relationship ruptures.

More info on MBT

Mentalization

Helps people who feel overwhelming and intense emotional distress. These feelings are usually triggered by interpersonal situations. MBT therapy explores the kind of situations that have tended to provoke strong emotional reactions or shifts in mood states, particularly how these affect and are affected by relationships.

MBT does not focus on the past.

Mentalization is a 2 person process focusing on clarification and curiosity as to what each person is thinking and feeling.

TARA4BPD MOMS4BPD (& DADS, too)

Advocacy Actions to helphelp it needs!

Nov.22: Tuesday 7 PM ET

Why isn't BPD diagnosed?

Why is BPD so stigmatized

Why doesn't your loved one get help they need?

Why isn't effective treatment treatment readily available?

Why isn't there more BPD research? How can you help?

Thursday December 1, 7 PM

Part 3 Mentalization

What's the difference that Makes the difference

How mentalization differs from DBT

Part 3:

Mentalization gives you a different perspective on how each person thinks and feels; it provides new tools for more effective ways to communicate based on empathy, humility, compassion and a commitment to authentic, genuine communication.

DBT addresses how to change behavior. Mentalization focuses on changing how people think and appraise situations, addressing relationship ruptures as they occur.

For the past 25 years we’ve listened to thousands of first hand BPD experiences and family observations, often dismissed and trivialized by professionals.

Clinicians continue to blame families for BPD. Fortunately, the Internet now allows us to collect data that can provide data and validate your experiences.

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