Rosie's Testimony

Welcome back to the podcast. In this Episode Rosie talks about her experiences of having the label of 'Borderline Personality Disorder' and what the work she's doing to understand what the label means to her and how she believes this helps others who are trying to navigate mental health services in the UK.You can find her blog, 'Talking About BPD' here; You can buy her first book, 'Talking about BPD' here;Her latest book, 'The Talking About BPD Workbook' has just been published hereAs with all the other episodes, there'll be views you may not agree with - have a listen to our introductory episode, so you can get a feel for what we're all about. Every single person I've interviewed so far has either witnessed and/ or experienced prejudice against people with the label by the people charged with our care and society at large. This is a database of testimony for those people. Chapters00:00 Introduction and Guest Background01:26 Rosie's View on the BPD Label04:44 Prejudice and Discrimination in Mental Health Services11:30 Diagnosis Experience and Its Impact21:50 Effective Therapy: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)32:13 The Role of Compassion in Treatment41:24 The Importance of Therapist-Patient Relationship51:56 Strengths and Resilience of People with BPD01:01:22 Support Systems and Self-Management01:11:10 Preventing Childhood Trauma and Building Resilience01:19:03 Authenticity and Self-Disclosure in Relationships01:22:50 Closing Remarks and Hope for the Future Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.