Psychotherapy Treatments
The main treatment option for a borderline personality disorder is psychotherapy, also known as talk therapy. The main goal is to show you how to focus on the current ability, learn how to control emotions, reduce impulsiveness, and improve relationships. Common types of psychotherapy include:
– Schema-focused therapy: It helps the patient find out unmet needs, which result in negative behaviors or thoughts.
– Dialectical behavior therapy or DBT: This method shows you how to control emotions, improve relationships, and tolerate distress.
– STEPPS: It is a 20-week approach that incorporates friends, caregivers, and family members into a group.
– Mentalization-based therapy or MBT: This approach can help you identify your feelings and thoughts and create alternative perspectives. It focuses on thinking before responding. [7]
