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Hello guys. I want to ask some questions about therapies.

I am searching about BPD but couldn't find any good sources in my own language.

My 21 years old dBPDbf wants to be get better and we are trying to find a good therapist. Unfortunately, in our country people don't care about this kind of problems very much. For like five hours, I am looking for some information.

For my findings, the best therapies are CBT,DBT and Schema. But I looked for his doctor an web but I didnt see any of them.

His doctor has educated on Dynamic Psychotherapy, ECT, EFT, Hypnotherapy, Prolonged Exposure Therapy, Regression Theraphy, Psychoanalytic Therapy and Existential Therapy.

On websides it says, "Prolonged exposure therapy (PE) is a form of behavior therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy".

Do you think these would be fine or should we find another doctor? We are studying in a different city than his doctor. But he is at his hometown for the summer session.

And also, I would be glad if there any people know how to handle with this situation at Turkey. I am open to any kind of suggestion except leaving.

Hi ilmatar,

prolonged exposure is focused on overcoming some anxiety and can have a role in treatment of PTSD. While PTSD and BPD can have very similar symptoms the treatment of them differs a lot. One of the advances that DBT brought to the table was focusing first on relationship with the T i.e. a lot of validation and then learning new behavior and retiring dysfunctional behavior. Psychodynamic therapy is a lot more analytical and can be invalidating and hard to swallow for a pwBPD. It is also focused more on the cognitive side and less on the behavioral side.

T's are humans and their individual personality and ability varies and matters a lot. Still none of the keywords indicates interest in treating one nor a good fit for a pwBPD seeking help and guidance. So if you have a choice evaluate other options first.