Hope for BPD is proud to recommend the following books about borderline personality disorder (BPD), self-harm, evidence-based treatment, and co-occuring disorders.

Books by or for individuals with BPD:

The Buddha and the Borderline: My Recovery from BPD through Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Buddhism, and Online Dating

Girl in Need of a Tourniquet: Memoir of a Borderline Personality

How I Stayed Alive When My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me

Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder

Freedom from Self-Harm: Overcoming Self-Injury with Skills from DBT and Other Treatments

Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl

 

Books for parents, spouses, and other caregivers:

Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder: How to Keep Out-of-Control Emotions from Destroying Your Relationship

Overcoming Borderline Personality Disorder: A Family Guide for Healing and Change

Borderline Personality Disorder in Adolescents: A Complete Guide to Understanding and Coping when Your Adolescent has BPD

The High-Conflict Couple: A Dialectical Behavior Therapy Guide to Finding Peace, Intimacy, and Understanding

Parenting a Child Who Has Intense Emotions: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills to Help Your Child Regulate Emotional Outbursts and Aggressive Behaviors

The Power of Validation: Arming Your Child Against Bullying, Peer Pressure, Addiction, Self-harm, and Out-of-Control Emotions

 

Books about DBT and mindfulness practice:

Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder

Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder

Mindfulness for Beginners (Audio CD)

Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness

Calming Your Anxious Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You from Anxiety, Fear, and Panic

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance

Eating Mindfully: How to End Mindless Eating and Enjoy a Balanced Relationship with Food

Mindfulness and Acceptance: Expanding the Cognitive-Behavioral Tradition

True Belonging: Mindful Practices to Help You Overcome Loneliness, Connect with Others, and Cultivate Happiness

Grieving Mindfully: A Compassionate and Spiritual Guide to Coping with Loss

 

Books for mental health professionals:

Emotion Regulation in Psychotherapy: A Practitioner's Guide

Distress Tolerance: Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications

Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD: Emotional Processing of Traumatic Experiences

The Feelings of Meaninglessness: A Challenge to Psychotherapy and Philosophy

 

Addiction:

Sober is My New Drunk: 850 Days (and Counting) without Booze or AA

Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention

Seeking Safety: A Treatment Manual for PTSD and Substance Abuse

 

Other excellent reads:

Man's Search for Meaning

50 Ways to Soothe Yourself without Food

Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of the Buddha

The Happiness Project

I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't): Making the Journey from "What Will People Think?" to "I am Enough"