Working With Families & Young Adults With Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) – Part III

Borderline Personality Disorder, Families and Anxiety Management All of us have at our command a vast array of defense mechanisms to help us manage anxiety and frustration. We can talk about an issue and come to a reasonable conclusion or we can avoid it. We can blame a problem on someone else or rationalize it…

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Working With Families & Young Adults With Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) – Part II

The Strategy of Compromise: Achieving the Most Favorable Outcome for Young Adults with BPD and their Families Why is it more difficult for young adults with Borderline Personality Traits or Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) to compromise and make decisions? There are many factors that may help explain it. Extreme Sensitivity Many believe that the nervous…

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Part Two: Q and A with Anne LaRiviere, Director of Admissions at OPI Living Programs

Anne LaRivere, Director of Admissions at the Optimum Performance Institute

As Director of Admissions for all OPI Living Programs, I recently decided to start a blog post series to outline some commonly asked questions that we receive from parents and referring therapists. This is the second set of questions in my new series. To read all of the frequently asked questions I’ve discussed, visit our…

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Q & A with Heather Perrier, MS – Director of Education for the Optimum Performance Institute

Heather Perrier, Director of Educational Services for the Optimum Performance Institute

Q: Heather, what have you learned from participants that have attended various OPI programs? A: I have learned that even great change IS possible. The path to get there however requires patience, practice and perseverance. Q: What strategies do you use and employ in the Department of Education at OPI? A: Our philosophy is that…

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OPI Responds to Parent and Participant Requests: Changes are Made

JCAHO-accredited Optimum Performance Institute continues its dynamic tradition of rapidly responding to the individualized needs of Young Adults by making significant programming changes to its OPI Intensive for Young Adults with Borderline Traits, Borderline Personality Disorder and Co-Occurring Conditions (eating disorders, substance abuse, PTSD, mood disorders, etc.). OPI opened the specialized OPI Intensive about a…

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Young Adults with Bipolar Disorder

Psychiatry has gained much knowledge of some of the biochemical mechanisms that account for Bipolar Disorder. Today, many symptoms are treated utilizing a complex mix of psychotropic medications. However, at the Optimum Performance Institute, we believe this is only the beginning. DESCRIBING YOUNG ADULTS WITH B.D. For years, Young Adults with B.D. do their best…

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OPI Participants Attend Lecture at the Kavli Institute

A few weeks ago some young adults piled into one of our vans to take the 1 ½ hour drive up the California coast to University of California, Santa Barbara, and hear a lecture about how the quantum spin of electrons can be used to convey information and help create the most powerful computers ever…

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