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Adolescence is often marked by intense emotions, and it’s not unusual for young people to experience mood swings or act impulsively. Typically, these patterns are dismissed as part of growing up, but sometimes they’re actually signs of a complex, frequently misunderstood mental health condition...

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is one of the most effective and versatile mental health treatment options available today. Developed to help patients with borderline personality disorder, it is now also used to treat depression, binge eating disorder, bipolar disorder, bulimia, PTSD, and...

Michele Berk, PhD, Stanford University, presents as part of the 2023 Suicide-Focused Assessment and Treatment: An Update for Professionals course.

Presented by Kristen L. Batejan, PhD , and Esther S. Tung, PhD , McLean Hospital – McLean Forum lecture

Everyone wants to be seen and heard. Validation, at its core, is a way of letting someone we care for know that we understand them, and in turn, can strengthen our connection with our loved ones. Validating the thoughts and feelings of kids and adolescents is especially important, even if you don’t...

Blaise Aguirre, MD , McLean Hospital, presents as part of the 2022 Suicide-Focused Assessment and Treatment: An Update for Professionals course. Jump To Slides Resources Speaker biography DBT, Adolescents, and Suicide Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) implements aspects of cognitive behavior...

McLean’s Dr. Blaise Aguirre talks about mental health in adolescents and how health care professionals can best support teens who may be exhibiting suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Hosted by Portland DBT Institute Resources You may also find this information useful: Suicide: Know the Signs and What...

People of all ages can benefit from mindfulness—and it can be taught to children as early as two or three years old. Mindfulness, simply, is the practice of bringing gentleness and acceptance into whatever is happening in the moment. Kids these days live stressful, fast-paced lives—whether they’re...

Sharing tips we can all use, Dr. Choi-Kain breaks down what she has learned about managing emotions from treating patients with borderline personality disorder. COVID-19 has created heightened emotions for everyone, often bringing feelings of lack of control, helplessness, and isolation to many. To...

The Gunderson programs—Gunderson Residence and Gunderson Outpatient Program—provide exceptional treatment for adults with borderline personality and related disorders.

The 3East programs provide specialized care for teens and young adults who require treatment for depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and emerging borderline personality disorder (BPD).

Hosted by Blaise Aguirre, MD , McLean Hospital. Mindfulness is a core skill of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and involves increasing self-awareness by learning to focus on one’s experience of the present moment. Dr. Aguirre discusses the application of mindfulness in the treatment of BPD. Part...

This webinar is conducted in Chinese. Hosted by Marcus Rodriguez, PhD, McLean Hospital. Part of the BPD Patient and Family Webinar Series.

Hosted by Candace K. Eddy, LICSW, McLean Hospital. This webinar provides an overview of the effects of validation vs. invalidation of emotion dysregulation. In addition, Eddy provides education and examples of the various levels of validation. Part of the BPD Patient and Family Webinar Series...

Hosted by Martin Bohus, MD, Heidelberg University, Germany. Over half of patients with BPD also struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Dr. Bohus, an expert clinician and researcher, discusses this co-occurrence between BPD and PTSD. He elaborates on the evidence-based treatment he has...

Visiting Scholars Series Dr. Martin Bohus, Institute for Psychiatric and Psychosomatic Psychotherapy

Hosted by Nina Lewis-Schroeder, PhD, and Amy Dierberger, PhD , McLean Hospital This webinar focuses on reviewing the overlap in the symptom presentation of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and complex post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Lewis-Schroeder and Dierberger also discuss the use of...