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Stop walking on eggshells for parents : how to help your child (of any age) with borderline personality disorder without losing yourself

Kreger, Randi (author.). Adamec, Christine A., 1949- (author.). Lobel, Daniel S., (author.). Porter, Fran L., (writer of foreword.).

Summary: "Drawing on the same powerful approach outlined in the self-help classic, Stop Walking on Eggshells-which has sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide-this essential guide offers skills and strategies for parenting a child of any age with borderline personality disorder (BPD). With this book, readers will learn better ways to communicate and improve their relationship with their borderline child, and improve their own lives as parents and individuals"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781684038510
ISBN: 1684038510
Physical Description: print
xiv, 251 pages ; 23 cm
Publisher: Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-251).

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword / Fran L. Porter -- Preface / Randi Kreger -- An introduction to borderline personality disorder (BPD) -- How BPD affects your child -- Psychiatric problems that commonly co-occur with BPD -- Types of treatment and finding treatment -- Improving your mental health -- How BPD impacts the whole family -- Life-changing communication techniques -- BPD-savvy parenting techniques part 1: avoiding enabling and handling fear, obligation, and guilt -- BPD-savvy parenting techniques part 2: limit setting and problem solving -- Parenting a preteen with BPD -- Parenting an adolescent with BPD -- Parenting an adult child with BPD -- Parenting a child who self-harms or is suicidal -- Parenting a child with extreme behaviors -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A: Top ten tips for dads -- Appendix B: Clinician to clinician: the underdiagnosis of BPD in children -- Appendix C: Resources -- References.