Therapeutic approach i might use to treat a client presenting with borderline personality disorder

 
The most effective therapeutic therapy that I can use to treat a client presenting with the disorder is dialectical behavioral therapy. This therapy is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy that provides patients with novel skills of managing painful emotions and lessening struggles in relationships. According to Biskin and Paris (2012), dialectical behavioral therapy has a strict order of targets for treatment and life-threatening behavior at the topmost of the hierarchy. A major dialectics in the treatment of borderline personality disorder is the equilibrium that the psychotherapist must attain in authenticating the behaviors and experiences of the client whilst enhancing change.

The therapy entails weekly life-skills sessions that impart skills in four domains, including mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotions regulation, distress tolerance and mindfulness. Distress tolerance focuses on increasing an individual’s tolerance to adverse emotion, other than attempting to run away from it. Mindfulness focuses on promoting the ability of the client to acknowledge the present moment. Interpersonal effectiveness comprises techniques that permit the client to communicate with other people in an assertive way that strengthens relationships and maintains self-respect. NURS 6640 Psychotherapy With Individuals week 1 – 11 discussions and assignments. Emotion regulation entails strategies of managing and changing extreme emotions that cause problems in the life of the client (Biskin & Paris, 2012),