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Borderline Personality Disorder: Treatment in WI

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  Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a mental illness that can impact the emotional side of a person. People with this disorder are impulsive and have no control over their emotional side. They have a negative self-image, have intense mood swings, and can have unstable relationships with people around them. Their extreme behavior can push people away from them but they want the love and support of people around them. Its symptoms usually show in early adulthood, and with time, this disorder can start getting better with proper treatment. Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder: The common symptoms of this personality disorder are: Unstable relationships with people around them. Having suicidal thoughts and negative self-image. Seeing things as all good or all bad. Unsafe behavior such as overeating, fast driving, unsafe sex, etc. Having a chronic feeling of emptiness. Having intense anger issues. Wide mood swings can last for a few days or a few months. Unrealistic though...

Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Stevens Point

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  Dr. Brian Weiland is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who has spent most of his life in North-central Wisconsin including receiving his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from UW-Stevens Point. He then received his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Wisconsin School of Professional Psychology in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and completed his clinical internship at Lakeview Specialty Hospital and Rehabilitation Center in Waterford, Wisconsin. Dr. Weiland has conducted research in the area of successful psychotherapy and is, therefore, most interested in fostering a therapeutic environment where patients can feel safe to be their authentic selves. He believes it is the process of self-exploration that heals and allows patients to break free from worries and destructive patterns that leave clients feeling hopeless and trapped. Dr. Weiland utilizes a relational-dynamic approach which focuses on integrating past experiences with the here-and-now moments that occur in the office. Dr. Weil...