Posts Tagged ‘DBT’
Working With Families & Young Adults With Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) – Part IV
Borderline Personality Disorder, Families and Solutions Parents of young adults with Borderline Personality Disorder, BPD Traits and Co-occurring Conditions are typically frustrated and feel helpless, even hopeless, about the possibility of change in their families by the time we see them here at OPI Living’s specialized OPI Intensive. Parents have endured so many years in…
Read MoreBook Review: “Healing From Borderline Personality Disorder: My Journey Out of Hell Through Dialectical Behavior Therapy” – Personal Story & New Perspective
With nearly 35 years of experience helping families as a practicing child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist, it’s been my privilege to get to know and help so many individuals and their families, including those who I meet in my role as Executive Director of OPI Intensive, a specialized BPD treatment program for young adults who…
Read MoreWorking 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…
Read MoreWorking 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 MoreAnnouncing our NEW OPI Living Intensive Outpatient Program Services!
After nearly a decade of success helping young adults nationally and internationally discover goals and find meaning in their lives, this month JCAHO-accredited Optimum Performance Institute makes its services available to outpatients. At our headquarters in Woodland Hills, CA, young adults in this highly individualized Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) will each engage in their own,…
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 MoreOPI Intensive Celebrates 1st Anniversary and BEST IN TREATMENT mention from Psychology Today
As we celebrate the first anniversary of our OPI Intensive we are thrilled to see our dream of having a specialized program for young adults ages 17-28 with Borderline Traits, Borderline Personality Disorder and co-occurring conditions fully realized. Not only has our quality program proven to be one of the most respected in the nation…
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 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 MoreDBT in a Nutshell
DBT in a Nutshell by Dr. Marsha Linehan, Ph.D Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based proven therapy for disorders of behavior and emotional regulation. Developed by world-renown psychologist Marsha Linehan, Ph.D, it combines practical behavior science with mindfulness and contemplative practices. OPI Intensive treatment center staff have been intensively trained by Behavioral Tech LLC,…
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