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Here’s
how this web site and our materials can help you leave the incomprehensible
“Land of Oz” and get back to Kansas.
If you haven’t already, visit the "Basics
of BPD" page, as well as "Does Someone
You Love Have BPD?" Then cruise the rest of the site. There’s
a lot to see, so come visit us often.
Join
The Welcome to Oz Online Community for Family Members
If someone you love has BPD, this community will
help you understand your situation, serve as a sounding board and
reality check, and show you you’re not alone in your struggles.
Our community has many “neighborhoods” so you can find just the
group(s) for you, including ones just for siblings, co-parents,
parents, partners, and many more. Get
support today by clicking here.
Obtain The Materials You Need to Help You Improve Your
Family’s Life
- For
everyone:
mental health professionals and consumers alike consider the books
Stop Walking on Eggshells and
the Stop Walking
on Eggshells Workbook the ultimate Bibles for family members
with a borderline loved one. They explain the disorder in simple
language, and, step by step, show you how to get off the emotional
roller coaster. These books will change your life.
- Are
you a partner
of someone with BPD? Then
you need Love and Loathing
(general partner concerns). If you’re considering ending the relationship
or are in the process of any legal action, you also should get
Splitting, the Splitting CD, and You’re
My World (AKA “the custody CD”) ASAP.
Ending a relationship is traumatic for everyone involved. These
materials will help you understand your partner’s and children’s
(if any) perspective, and show you how an assertive, balanced
approach can reduce frustration, save you thousands of dollars,
and make it a less harrowing experience for all.
- Are you the
parent of a borderline child, adult or minor? Hope for Parents: Helping Your Borderline
Son or Daughter Without Sacrificing Your Family or Yourself
offers understanding, guidance, and hope for parents who go through
daily struggles with their children. Topics include validation,
raising a borderline child, protecting siblings, letting go of
the guilt, and what to do after your child turns 18.
- www.BPDFamily.com is a new site for family members of someone with BPD. It offers a variety of things, including informative articles, videos, book reviews, a message board, and resources and downloads.
- The
ABC’S of BPD: The Basics of Borderline Personality Disorder for
Beginners by Randi Kreger
- Interview
with top expert on BPD in children and adolescents.
- Article
about Dialectal Behavior Therapy from Randi Kreger's upcoming
book, The Essential Guide for Family Members with a Borderline
Loved One: New Tips and Techniques to Stop Walking on Eggshells
.
- Article
in Milwaukee Magazine quoting Kreger and Mason, authors of
Stop Walking on Eggshells.
- I
Hate You - Don't Leave Me PDF article from Going
Bonkers Magazine at www.GBonkers.com
- New online group for health care
professionals. Click
here
- Telephone support group for parents:
http://www.neabpd.org/family-connections.shtml
- Clinician and resource referral
list from the Borderline Personality Resource Center (www.bpdresourcecenter.org).
Contact the Center at info@bpdresourcecenter.org.
Most referrals are in the major metropolitan areas.
- To find a therapist trained in
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, go to: http://www.behavioraltech.com/resources/crd.cfm,
e-mail them at info@behavioraltech.com,
or phone their office at 206-675-8588.
Well, you’ve got a lot to read and many
new friends to meet. I hope this site and its resources give you
hope, healing, and the happiness that you and your family deserve---whether
or not the person with BPD in your life wants to change.
Randi
Kreger
Coauthor, Stop Walking
on Eggshells
Author, Stop
Walking on Eggshells Workbook
Owner, BPDCentral.com
Owner, Welcome
to Oz Online Community for Family Members
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