BPD Through a New Lens: A Transformative Workshop for Families
Based on Science. Compassion. and Effective Strategies
Are you exhausted, overwhelmed, or losing hope in your efforts to support your loved one? You're not alone—and it's not your fault. For too long, families have been left with the same bogus explanations, stigmatizing labels, and tools that simply don’t work.
This workshop will change everything.
Grounded in cutting-edge neuroscience, genetics, and evolutionary psychiatry, this workshop offers a radically new understanding of BPD—one that replaces blame with clarity, shame with empathy, and helplessness with real tools for change. Join us for a groundbreaking experience designed to understand what BPD is all about, to clarify what is needed to help effectively, how to avoid triggers and escalations, and improve connnections. This workshop will provide new insights and techniques for family members and clinicians. It will help people with lived experience to finally understand why they feel the way they do. You’ll gain powerful insights into your loved one’s behavior, learn what actually helps, and discover how to repair and rebuild your relationship.
Who should attend this Workshop?
Family members, partners, friends, clinicians, peer leaders, mental health professionals/clinicians, educators, those caring/treating individuals/ families affected by BPD. Those wishing to implement. Mentalization techniques so as to decrease misunderstandings and improve relationships.
Is the workshop helpful for those with BPD?
Those with lived experience, students, peer support providers. Rarely is why people with BPD feel or respond as they do explained. We provides in-depth understanding of behavioral triggers, show how misinterpretations of intentions creates misunderstandings causing relationship ruptures.
What does the workshop include?
Coffee available 8:30–9:00 AM.
Lunch Saturday & Sunday, Coffee Break & snacks served. Handouts provided. Attend in-person or Virtually.
Socializing encouraged. Join others for dinner, especially those attending alone. Dress casually & comfortably.
Take notes, Bring notebooks and writing materials.
Workshop Location
14-15 Belgrave Square London SW1X 8PS UK
Workshop Schedule
Friday, October 3rd: 1 pm -5.30 pm (GMT +1)
Saturday, October 4th: 9 am -5.30 pm (GMT +1)
Sunday, October 5th: 9 am -4.30pm (GMT +1)
What you will learn
Reframe BPD with new insights and clarity
Break the cycle of conflict, shame,
and misunderstanding
Communicate in ways that foster
trust and connection
Move from crisis management
to sustainable support
Apply Mentalization methods
to improve communication
How compassion can heal
WORKSHOP AGENDA
Friday Afternoon 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Introduction: Are you in the right place? The Commonality of Family Experiences with Diagnosis, Treatment, Stigma, & Parent Blaming, Iatrogenic Advice and Estrangement. The History of Borderline Personality Disorder, Understanding Comorbidities & Commonalities: Why are they misdiagnosed? Why do they all say the same things?
Saturday 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
What's Going on Under The Hood? Understanding how Evolution and Genes Shaped our Brain Circuits & Connections. What Happens When They Go Wrong? The Importance of Building Trust in Family Relationships & Repairing Ruptures. Introduction to Mentalizing: Recognizing that others have minds of their own and do not always perceive things in the same way, resulting in misinterpretation of intentions. This can lead to stress, feelings of shame and isolation, and often triggers escalations and disconnection. Why Learning to Observe and Listen is So Important?
Sunday 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Learn how to mentalize so that you can decode and translate what your loved one is trying to tell you. Begin with Noticing and naming what you sense or see, check in by asking questions and verifying, with humility, if you are on the same page. Clarifying intentions and explaining your perspective can increase trust, decrease shame and create connection. Mentalization will show you how to predict reactions, avoid triggers and repair relationships. This workshop will empower you to help effectively.
PRESENTERS
Assisted by TARA UK colleague, Christella Dwyer, leader and co-founder of FACTS, a families and carers training support group in the UK. She co-developed a program for NHS clinicians to help them better support their patients diagnosed with BPD. She is a member of NHS steering groups aimed at improving services for people with BPD, volunteers for NHS check-in and chat service supporting carers of those with severe mental illness, and co-facilitates a ‘Rethink UK’ carer support group.
info@tara4bpd.org +1-888-482-7227 www.tara4bpd.org
Christella Dwyer +44 7707 293238 christellaattara@gmail.com