Your guide for managing intense emotions, improving your relationships, and being the best version of you that you can be.
If you're a teen with borderline personality disorder (BPD), you may have intense emotions that get in the way of school, relationships, and reaching your goals. You may lash out at the people closest to you-your friends, family, or teachers-and feel crushing guilt about your behavior when the heat of the moment has passed. And you may even struggle with suicidal thoughts or self-harm. You are not alone, and there is help.
Grounded in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), the gold standard for treating BPD and emotion dysregulation, this just-for-teens workbook offers evidence-based tools to help you find emotional balance, improve your communication with others, and reach your fullest potential.
You'll discover how the core skills of DBT can help you stay grounded in the moment, even when your emotions are running high. You'll also learn to see yourself more clearly, with empathy and self-compassion. And finally, you'll find tons of worksheets and hands-on exercises to help you practice what you've learned out in the real world.
Let this teen-friendly workbook help you:
• Work through difficult thoughts and feelings
• Get along with family and friends
• Improve your confidence and self-worth
• Reach your goals and thrive!
Teens with borderline personality disorder (BPD) often have difficulty managing intense emotions, which can get in the way of school, relationships, and reaching their goals. Grounded in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)-the gold standard for treating BPD and emotion dysregulation-this just-for-teens workbook offers evidence-based skills to help teens find emotional balance, improve communication with others, and reach their fullest potential.
Blaise Aguirre, MD, is assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and an expert in child, adolescent, and adult psychotherapy, including dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). He is founding medical director of McLean 3East-a continuum of care using DBT and related techniques to treat complex psychiatric disorders including borderline personality disorder (BPD). Aguirre has been a staff psychiatrist at McLean since 2000, and is internationally recognized for his extensive work in the treatment of mood and personality disorders in adolescents. He lectures regularly in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East on DBT and BPD. Aguirre is author of many books, including Borderline Personality Disorder in Adolescents and Depression (Biographies of Disease); and coauthor of Mindfulness for Borderline Personality Disorder, Coping with BPD, DBT for Dummies, and Helping Your Troubled Teen.
Addison Kay is a DBT educator. He graduated from McLean Hospital's post-baccalaureate child and adolescent fellowship, where he worked as a clinical residence counselor and then as a DBT educator at the 3East DBT Residential Programs. Kay received his bachelor's degree from Pitzer College in southern California. He started his master's degree in the fall of 2024 in the clinical social work program at Boston College with a focus on children, youth, and families. Aguirre resides in Lexington, MA; Kay resides in Wayland, MA.
