My DD

[MamaSun]

My 15 yo DD has struggled with suicidal behaviors, self-harm, anxiety and depression. Every therapist or psychiatrist that works with her says she shows many of the characteristics of BPD. I am told that she will not get that dx as a teen.

After 2 years and 20 acute admissions, two sessions of IOP and one attempted YPH, we have made the very difficult decision to try residential treatment.

The facility is 4 hours away from our home and they currently have a no visitor policy due to COVID. I’m terrified!  We chose this particular treatment center because they offer prolonged exposure DBT.

Any success stories out there with DBT or residential treatment? I need some hope right now!

Our objective is to better understand the struggles our child faces and to learn the skills to improve our relationship and provide a supportive environment and also improve on our own emotional responses, attitudes and effectiveness as a family leaders

[formflier]

I'm so glad you found us.

After 2 years and 20 acute admissions

 I need some hope right now!

Wow...almost 1 per month.  You must be exhausted. 

Is your daughter resisting treatment or looking forward to this inpatient experience?

You have found a safe place to discuss this.  I'll check back later for your response.

Best,

FF

[Swimmy55]

Welcome.
You can click onto my name to get my previous posts/backstory ( or anyone's name here for that matter)  . My son was in residential treatment as a teen. While it punched me in the gut having him go , I do credit that time for providing stability, routine in his life as he was completely raging and out of control. As a result, that time was a building block for him to push through life and graduate high school and college. 
While he is very sick and struggling now, as an adult,   he did have a successful few years ( with some crises along the way).    Without the residential he would have been that much more worse.