Posts Tagged ‘BPD’
Working With Families & Young Adults With Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) – Part I
Compromise, The Middle Path And Psychotherapy How the MIDDLE PATH approach can assist with the treatment of those young adults with emotional dysregulation and their families. In a recent article in the American Journal of Psychiatry, Dr. Anthony Bateman found that well-structured general psychiatric management was as effective as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) on all…
Read MorePart Two: Q and A with Anne LaRiviere, Director of Admissions at OPI Living Programs
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…
Read MoreRemembering 9/11 and the Effects of Trauma and PTSD
It is impossible to forget the images and sounds witnessed the morning of September 11, 2001. The images will likely stay with us for years to come. Many of us are able to continue on in our normal everyday lives and every now and then take a moment to reflect on the terror that occurred…
Read MorePart One: Q and A with Anne LaRiviere, Director of Admissions at OPI Living Programs
As Director of Admissions for all OPI Living Programs, I’ve decided to introduce a new blog post series to share commonly asked questions we receive from parents and referring therapists. Question: In the past you did not accept young adults with Borderline Traits or Personality Disorder but now you do. Why? Answer: OPI Living opened…
Read MoreBen Moroski’s, “This Vicious Minute” Chosen for BEST OF FRINGE Extended Festival Performances
Performances extended for shows awarded as, “BEST OF FRINGE” festival appearances, including OPI Intensive graduate Ben Moroski’s “This Vicious Minute,” will be featured this month at the Theatre Asylum Lab, to continue on as part of an awarded line-up from a larger summer festival, the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Don’t miss your chance to catch one…
Read MoreMale BPD: Finally, We Are Addressing It
The challenge in life for all of us is to appreciate that happiness is found in imperfection, not perfection. For young adults in our Optimum Performance Institute community, this means learning to appreciate the complexity of life and deal with imperfections in themselves, others and the world. Our participants learn to take their best shot…
Read MoreBen Moroski’s Autobiographical Play “This Vicious Minute” Wins Awards at Hollywood Fringe Festival
Recently, Ben Moroski, a former participant at the Optimum Performance Institute’s specialized program for Borderline Personality Disorder and associated traits, including BPD with co-occurring conditions such as self-harm, continued to head down a healthy path of recovery and new-found peace in sharing his journey with others in a play he wrote while attending OPI. Ben…
Read MoreOPI Intensive participant Ben Moroski performs self-written play “The Vicious Minute”
“This Vicious Minute,” a revealing autobiographical play written and performed by confessed self-harmer, Ben Moroski, previews in the Hollywood Fringe Festival Woodland Hills, CA (PRWEB) June 11, 2012 “This Vicious Minute,” a revealing autobiographical play written and performed by confessed self-harmer, Ben Moroski, debuts at the Hollywood Fringe Festival today, June 11th, through the 24th.…
Read MoreOPI 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…
Read MoreWhat OPI Intensive has done for my Daughter
Isabel started having issues when she was 12 or 13. Then we all went through some major life changes and it worsened her BPD traits. She is very bright and always has ideas, but every time she tried and failed, it just made things worse for her and ratcheted up her symptoms even more. She…
Read MoreWhat OPI Intensive has done for my Daughter
Isabel started having issues when she was 12 or 13. Then we all went through some major life changes and it worsened her BPD traits. She is very bright and always has ideas, but every time she tried and failed, it just made things worse for her and ratcheted up her symptoms even more. She…
Read MoreThe Difference Between a Mood Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder
Often, I’m asked about what the difference is between a Mood Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder. Part of the difficulty is our present diagnostic system: So many symptoms and observable behaviors are shared by different disorders that at times it’s extremely difficult to distinguish between them. To make things even more complicated, there is a…
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