Family Connections™ - BPD/Emotion Dysregulation (ED)

Family Connections™ Program

What is the Family Connections™ - BPD/Emotion Dysregulation Program?

Family Connections™ – BPD/Emotion Dysregulation is a free, evidence-based 24-hour course that meets weekly for either 8 or 12 weeks and requires 1-2 hours of weekly homework and practice. Periodically, we also offer the course as a 2-day or 4-day weekend intensive. This course provides education, skill training, and support for individuals who are supporting someone affected by Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) or Emotion Dysregulation (ED), or exhibiting BPD/ED traits.

The sessions take place weekly through online meetings on Zoom video conferencing.

What will You Gain?

Family Connections™- BPD/Emotion Dysregulation is based on research funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. Survey data from previous courses show that after completing the course, family members experience decreased feelings of depression, burden, and grief, and more feelings of empowerment.

The Family Connections™ – BPD/Emotion Dysregulation program includes:

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Education on BPD/ED treatments and the latest research findings .

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Relationship skills based on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to help support your person with BPD/ED with compassion and empathy.

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Support from course leaders and other participants who also have a relationship with a person with BPD/ED.

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Suggestions for taking care of yourself and managing your stress.

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Effective communication techniques to promote problem collaboration and/or solving.

Details of the Program

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Age Requirements

Course participants must be at least 18 years old. If you are a parent, the child with emotion dysregulation must be at least 13 years old.

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Apply Once

Please only apply once with your preferred email address that you check most often. We request that you do not apply a second time with a different email address. It is considered a duplicate and will delay your application.

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BPD Diagnosis Not Required

Many of those that suffer emotion dysregulation and exhibit BPD traits often are undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. An official diagnosis is not a requirement to apply for our course.

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Wait Times & Enrollment

The current wait time to be offered a course is 5-6 months. When a spot becomes available for you, an email invitation will be sent to you for class enrollment. It’s important that you respond to the email even if you cannot attend the class, in order to remain on the waitlist for a future class.

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Residents outside of the US

We offer courses to residents of the US, Canada & Australia, with some affiliates in other countries. Canadian residents can apply at THE SASHBEAR FOUNDATION and Australian residents can apply at NEABPD AUSTRALIA. To inquire if there is an affiliate in your country, please email fc@neabpd.org.

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Course Dates and Times

We do not have set days and times. We have multiple courses starting every month at various times and days in all US time zones. Most courses are in the evening and we try to offer at least one course a month during the day. On occasion, we also offer an intensive version of the course over a number of days instead of weeks.

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Course Cost

NEABPD IS A 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that relies on volunteers and donations to continue its mission. No one is ever charged a fee to take a Family Connections™ course.

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Taking the course with my relative with BPD.

Family Connections™ is not intended for people suffering with BPD. The program was designed for family members of someone with BPD and/or significant emotion dysregulation and related problems.

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While Waiting for a Course

You may find it helpful to browse the Home Page, Family Guidelines, Family Education Workshops Videos, and Resources sections of our website. There are recent Webinars that feature skills taught in the Family Connections™ Course as well. The NEABPD website has the largest video library specific to BPD in the world.

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Attending with Another Family Member

We understand that on occasion, two members of the same household may want to attend a course together. In order to increase this likelihood, it is very important that each person apply separately with their own individual email address and apply on the same day if possible. In the comments section of the application, both people should add the name of the person they want to attend with. Unfortunately, if these directions are not followed, we cannot guarantee that your request will be accommodated as courses are filled first-come, first-serve.

If you think a Family Connections™ Course is right for you and you can commit to attending at least 10 classes, please complete our online application. All personal information submitted is confidential and we will never send any information to you via the US mail.

Please add this email address to your contact list so you are sure to get our communications: fc@neabpd.org.

Please only apply one time- applying more than once will delay your application.

If you already applied, please email fc@neabpd.org to check your status.

Family Connections Application

Questions?

Email fc@neabpd.org