Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder

Inpatient Treatment

Specialist treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder is key, as instability brought about by the disorder may often disrupt your personal wellbeing, work life, long-term planning, and how you find your place in the community.

Our hospital provides specialised inpatient treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder, to help you better manage your behavioural, psychological and cognitive impulses.

With an experienced treatment team, to access inpatient treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder, you must be admitted under the care of a Psychiatrist with admitting rights to Belmont Private.

Our Psychiatrists are well-versed in the assessment and treatment of patients presenting with mental health disorders, as well as exacerbation of pre-existing disorders often associated with Borderline Personality Disorder. Understanding the disorder is critical in the context of treatment, as it can often be misdiagnosed as another mental illness, particularly as a mood disorder.

We provide a two week inpatient Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) program, which provides an overview and introduction to key DBT skills, designed to enhance individual learning and coping strategies.

As learning is sequential, you are required to attend all sessions, and completion of assigned homework tasks is essential.

Crisis survival skills including distraction, self-soothing and improving the moment; as well mindfulness skills including observing, non-judgement and reflection also form part of the program.

Our inpatient treatment is complemented by day programs, which provide continued support for people living with Borderline Personality Disorder to better cope with day-to-day life.

Day Programs

Dealing with Distress

This 12-week program is for people who experience symptoms of impulsivity, frequent interpersonal conflict, have difficulty regulating their emotions, anger or poor coping in stressful situations. It is based on the principles of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

This six-month program is for patients diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder and those who have intense, unstable moods, self-harm and unstable relationships. The program is skill-based to help patients tolerate intense feelings and learn to manage self-harming behaviours. Run by a multidisciplinary treatment team, the program and requires a strong commitment to therapy.

We offer this as a day and evening program.

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Young Adults (DBT-YA)

This twelve-week program is skills based and assists young people to tolerate intense feelings and decrease unhelpful behaviours and improve their coping skills. If you are a young person aged 18-25 years and have intense, unstable mood states, self-harm and unstable relationships, this program may be useful for you in addressing your individual clinical needs.