Resources
Books, Audio & Other Resources
BOOKS
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Work book: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance by Matthew McKay, Jeffrey C. Wood
The Borderline Personal Disorder Survival Guide
Chapman, Alexander L. Ph.D. & Gratz, Kim L. Ph.D., New Harbinger Publications, 2007Learn to Recognize, Understand, and Address the Destructive Behavior of Today’s Teens: Helping Your Troubled Teen
Kaplan, Aguirre, Rater. Fair Winds Press, 2007Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified: An Essential Guide for Understanding and Living with BPD
Friedel, R., Marlow & Company, New York, 2004New Hope for People with Borderline Personality Disorder
Bockian, N & Porr.V., Prima Publishing, 2002
Sometimes I Act Crazy: Living with Borderline Personality Disorder
Kreisman, J. & Straus, H., John Wiley and Sons, 2004New Tools and Techniques to Stop Walking on Eggshells: The Essential Family Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder
Kreger, Randi, Hazelden, 2008Stop Walking on Eggshells, Second Edition
Kreger, Randi & Mason, Paul T., New Harbinger Publications, 2010Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder
Linehan, M., Guilford Press, New York, 1993.
*This is the Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Treatment Manual.
REGULATE EMOTIONALITY / MOOD
Urban Mindfulness
Kaplan, J., New Harbinger Publications, 2010Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder
Linehan, M., Guilford Press, New York, 1993Don’t Let Emotions Run Your Life: How Dialectical Behavior Therapy Can Put You in Control
Spradlin, S., New Harbinger Publications, 2003Radical Acceptance, embracing your life with the heart of a Buddha
Brach, T., Bantam, 2003
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
Burns, D., Avon Books, New York, 1980Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind To Face Stress, Pain and Illness
Kabat-Zinn, John, Delta Books, Dell Publishing, 1990The Power of Now, A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Tolle, Eckhart, Namaste Publishing Inc., 1997Wherever You Go There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in everyday life
Kabat-Zinn, John, Hyperion, New York, 1994
AUDIO RESOURCES
(The following can be found in either CD or MP3 formats)
Mindfulness Meditation
Tara BrachThis Moment Is the Perfect Teacher
Pema ChodronIntroduction to Mindfulness Meditation
Judith DayMindful Solutions for Addictions and Relapse Prevention
Stephanie Goldstein & Elisha GoldsteinMindfulness @ Work
Daniel Goleman & Jon Kabat-ZinnThe Art of Mindful Living
Thich Nhat HanhMindfulness and Psychotherapy
Thich Nhat HanhSavor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life
Thich Nhat Hanh and Lilian CheungComing to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness
Jon Kabat-ZinnFull Catastrophe Living
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mindfulness for Beginners
Jon Kabat-ZinnThe World of Relaxation: A Guided Mindfulness Meditation Practice for Healing at the Hospital and/or at Home
Jon Kabat-ZinnGuided Meditations for Difficult Times: A Lamp in the Darkness
Jack KornfieldMindfulness and the Brain: A Professional Training in the Science and Practice of Meditative Awareness
Jack Kornfield and Daniel J. SiegelCounterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility
Ellen LangerMindfulness
Ellen LangerMindfulness and Empowerment After Bariatric Surgery
Maureen McCormickFully Present: The Science, Art, and Practice of Mindfulness
Sue Smalley and Diana WinstonThe Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness
Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, & Jon Kabat-Zinn
RECOMMENDED WEBSITES
National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder (NEA-BPD
National Institute of Mental Health-Borderline Personality Disorder
BPD Central
Behavioral Tech
DBT Self Help
Eating Disorder Hope—Binge Eating Disorder: Symptoms + Causes & Treatment
ORGANIZATIONS
TARA: Treatment + Research Advancements Assoc. for Borderline Personality Disorder
SASHBEAR (The Sashbear Foundation)
Alcoholics Anonymous
SMART Recovery
Al-Anon Family Groups