An Introduction to Coping with Extreme Emotions

Learn how to cope with extreme or unstable emotionsMany people suffer from extreme emotions with around 2% of people being diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. It is a very troubling condition which causes abnormal and unstable behaviour including overwhelming feelings of distress and anger, which may lead to self-harming, damage or destruction of relationships and, at times, loss of contact with reality. Through clinically proven dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) techniques, this book will help you to control your extreme emotions. You will learn:· The symptoms of personality disorder· Different ways of coping with overwhelming emotions· How to increase your emotional resilience from day to dayLee Brosan is a consultant psychologist with the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. Over her career she has been responsible for the development of psychological treatment services within the Trust and has taught many other people about how best to understand and use CBT. Amanda Spong is a clinical psychologist in the personality disorders community team, which offers adult and specialist mental health services for people with borderline personality disorder. She is the personality disorder pathway lead for the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, and offers training and advice for other teams about how to understand and support people with personality disorder.