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« on: September 05, 2022, 03:23:35 PM »

I am curious to hear from anyone here who has tried family therapy and/or DBT family skills training. If so, was it helpful or not?

I found a webinar about this topic which I thought was interesting:

https://www.mcleanhospital.org/video/you-want-me-do-what-making-use-family-therapy-treatment-bpd
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« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2022, 11:05:16 AM »

We tried family therapy. I'm sorry to say that it didn't work as my son seemed to have no awareness of his own faults and blamed us for everything.
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« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2022, 05:50:49 PM »

Hello, my husband and I tried working with a therapist. Our daughter met with him remotely, we met him in person.  It started out OK, but by the time we finished 4 sessions I was feeling really threatened. I made the mistake of sending our daughter a general amends letter. This idea backfired.
I think it gave my daughter the idea that I would admit to about anything! Not so! Anyway by the end of the 4 sessions, it became clear to me that the therapist was no longer
neutral. I think the therapist had been influenced by my daughter’s story. In a nutshell, my trust for the therapist
had disappeared. I doubt very much that in our situation
anything would have been resolved had we moved along.
Perhaps other people have had success, not us. I have been with 3 other therapists and none of them was knowledgeable
about BPD. Good luck to you!
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