Personality Disorders
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Cognitive Distortions – Unhelpful Thinking Styles (Common)
Cognitive distortions (or ‘unhelpful thinking styles’) are ways that our thoughts become biased. Different cognitive biases are associated with di ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/cognitive-distortions-unhelpful-thinking-styles-common/
Unrelenting Standards
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/unrelenting-standards/
Therapy Blueprint (Universal)
A therapy blueprint is CBT tool which summarizes the work a therapist and patient have completed together. It represents the past (the problems, what ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/therapy-blueprint-universal/
Vulnerability To Harm
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/vulnerability-to-harm/
Abandonment
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/abandonment/
Audio Collection: Psychology Tools For Mindfulness
The Psychology Tools For Mindfulness Audio Collection is the perfect way to introduce your clients to the practice of mindfulness. Developed by a clin ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/psychology-tools-for-mindfulness-audio-collection/
Emotional Deprivation
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/emotional-deprivation/
Insufficient Self-Control
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/insufficient-self-control/
Social Isolation
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/social-isolation/
Mistrust/Abuse
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/mistrust-abuse/
Trauma And Dissociation
Trauma and Dissociation is a guide written for clients who have experienced trauma and who are troubled by dissociation. It provides clear informatio ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/trauma-and-dissociation/
Defectiveness
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/defectiveness/
Subjugation
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/subjugation/
Boundaries - Self-Monitoring Record
Developing self-monitoring skills teaches clients to systematically observe and record specific targets such as their own thoughts, body feelings, emo ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/boundaries-self-monitoring-record/
Emotional Inhibition
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/emotional-inhibition/
Failure To Achieve
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/failure-to-achieve/
Pessimism
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/pessimism/
All-Or-Nothing Thinking
All-or-nothing thinking (often also referred to as ‘black and white thinking’, ‘dichotomous thinking’, ‘absolutist thinking’, or ‘binary ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/all-or-nothing-thinking/
Punitiveness
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/punitiveness/
Dependence / Incompetence
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/dependence-incompetence/
Enmeshment
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/enmeshment/
Body Scan (Audio)
The Body Scan is a mindfulness exercise encouraging present-moment awareness, with the sensations of the body being used as an anchor for mindful atte ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/body-scan-audio/
Entitlement
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/entitlement/
Mindfulness Of Breath (Short Version) (Audio)
Mindfulness Of Breath (Short version) is a mindfulness exercise encouraging present-moment awareness, using the breath as an anchor for the attention. ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/mindfulness-of-breath-short-version-audio/
Being With Difficulty (Audio)
Being With Difficulty is a mindfulness exercise which gently brings present-moment awareness to bear upon thoughts and feelings that are more difficul ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/being-with-difficulty-audio/
Grounding Statements (Audio)
The Grounding Statements exercise is an audio track from the Psychology Tools For Overcoming PTSD Audio Collection. This audio track is designed for p ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/grounding-statements-audio/
Fortune Telling
The Fortune Telling information handout forms part of the cognitive distortions series, designed to help clients and therapists to work more effective ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/fortune-telling/
Mindfulness In Everyday Life (Audio)
Mindfulness In Everyday Life is a short mindfulness exercise which guides clients how to bring present-moment awareness into everyday life. This audio ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/mindfulness-in-everyday-life-audio/
Mindfulness Of Breath (Long Version) (Audio)
Mindfulness Of Breath (Long version) is a mindfulness exercise encouraging present-moment awareness, using the breath as an anchor for the attention. ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/mindfulness-of-breath-long-version-audio/
Mindfulness Of Sounds And Thoughts (Audio)
Mindfulness Of Sounds And Thoughts is a mindfulness practice exercise that encourages relating to thoughts as ‘just thoughts’ that come and go in ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/mindfulness-of-sounds-and-thoughts-audio/
Thinking Versus Sensing (Audio)
Thinking Versus Sensing is a short mindfulness exercise to demonstrate the difference between thinking about our experience and sensing it directly. E ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/thinking-versus-sensing-audio/
Mindful Attention (Audio)
The Mindful Attention exercise is an audio track from the Psychology Tools For Overcoming PTSD Audio Collection. This audio track was originally recor ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/mindful-attention-audio/
Raisin Exercise (Audio)
The Raisin Exercise is a short mindfulness exercise encouraging present-moment awareness of the senses, connecting with taste, touch and smell while y ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/raisin-exercise-audio/
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Assessment
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Borderline Symptom List 23 (BSL-23)
| Bohus, Kleindienst, Limberger, Stieglitz, Domsalla, Chapman, Steil, Philipsen, Wolf | 2009
- Scale
- Reference Bohus, M., Limberger, M. F., Frank, U., Chapman, A. L., Kühler, T., & Stieglitz, R.-D. (2007). Psychometric properties of the Borderline Symptom List (BSL). Psychopathology, 40(2), 126–132. https://doi.org/10.1159/000098493
Exercises
- Mindfulness exercise: Five things | Project Air
- Mindfulness exercise: Bubbles | Project Air
- Mindfulness exercise: Sushi train | Project Air
- Mindfulness exercise: Leaves on a stream | Project Air
- Mindfulness exercise: Rhythms & sounds | Project Air
- Mindfulness exercise: Dropping anchor | Project Air
- Making and using a sensory box | Project Air
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Identifying Relationship Patterns
| Project Air
- Editable version: Part 1 (Word)
- Editable version: Part 2 (Word)
- Mindfulness of walking | Project Air | 2018
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How did I get here?
| Project Air | 2018
- Editable version (Word)
Guides and workbooks
- Personality And Substance Use | NDARC: Mills, Marel, Baker, Teesson, Dore, Kay-Lambkin, Manns, Trimingham | 2011
Information Handouts
- Understanding self-harm and suicidal thinking: For families, partners, and carers | Project Air
- Managing distress | Project Air
- Managing emotions | Project Air
- The importance of self care | Project Air
- Effective communication: For families, partners, and carers | Project Air | 2018
- Managing anger: For families, partners, and carers | Project Air
- Helpful tips for challenging relationships: For families, partners, and carers | Project Air
- Myths And Facts About Borderline Personality Disorder | Project Air
- You've been diagnosed with BPD, what now? | Project Air
- What are personality disorders? | Project Air
- What is Borderline Personality Disorder? | Project Air
- What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder? | Project Air
- What is Antisocial Personality Disorder? | Project Air
- What is Avoidant Personality Disorder? | Project Air
- What is Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder? | Project Air
- What is Schizotypal Personality Disorder? | Project Air
- What treatment is available to me? | Project Air
- Intellectual Disability & Personality Disorder | Project Air
- Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder | Your Health In Mind / The Royal Australian & New Zealand College Of Psychiatrists
- How to talk respectfully about Personality Disorder | Project Air
- Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder through the lens of the brain | Project Air
- Giving a diagnosis of personality disorder: A guide for mental health professionals | Project Air
- Providing compassionate, recovery-oriented care: A guide for mental health professionals | Project Air
Self-Help Programmes
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Facing Your Feelings (Workbook)
| Center For Clinical Interventions | 2012
- Module 1: Understanding Distress Intolerance
- Module 2: Accepting Distress
- Module 3: Improving Distress
- Module 4: Tolerating Distress
Treatment Guide
- Treatment guidelines for personality disorders | Project Air: Grenyer, Jenner, Jarman, Carter, Bailey, Lewis | 2015
- Brief intervention manual for personality disorders | Project Air: Grenyer, Jenner, Jarman, Carter, Bailey, Helyer, Bargenquast | 2015
- Adolescent brief intervention manual for complex mental health issues | Project Air: Grenyer, Jenner, Jarman, Carter, Bailey, Helyer, Bargenquast, Matthews, Marceau, Huxley, Townsend | 2019
- A modified DBT group therapy manual: For clinicians working with adolescents and young adults experiencing substance misuse (Clinician manual) | Misson Australia, Foundation For Alcohol Research And Education | 2015
- A modified DBT group therapy manual (Client workbook) | Mission Australia, Foundation For Alcohol Research And Education
- A quality manual for MBT | Anthony Bateman, Dawn Bales, Joost Hutsebaut | 2014
Worksheets
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Caring for myself, caring for others
| Project Air
- Editable version (Word)
- Understanding relationship themes | Project Air
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Family crisis care plan
| Project Air | 2018
- Editable version (Word)
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Keeping on track: Goals for parents
| Project Air | 2018
- Editable version (Word)