Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast

Borderline Personality Disorder: Psychotherapy Schema Therapy

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Nov 8, 2021
Andrew Phipps, an Australian schema therapist, shares his expertise in treating borderline personality disorder through schema therapy. He highlights the importance of emotion recognition and explores therapeutic techniques like imagery rescripting to address childhood trauma. The discussion also dives into anger management, the role of self-compassion, and the significance of empathic therapeutic relationships. Phipps examines how trauma influences mental health, especially during the pandemic, offering insights into coping mechanisms and healing.
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ADVICE

Use Imagery Rescripting Technique

  • Use imagery rescripting to help clients revisit childhood memories and meet unmet needs.
  • Insert yourself into the memory to provide safety and acceptance.
INSIGHT

Anger as Energy and Expression

  • Expression of anger in therapy reveals underlying unmet needs.
  • Welcoming anger helps clients reclaim suppressed emotions and sets healthy boundaries.
ADVICE

Reduce Coping Modes Early

  • Focus on reducing clients' coping modes like dissociation and self-harm in therapy sessions.
  • Initially, bypassing these helps clients access and heal vulnerable emotional parts.
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