The Stronger Than BPD Journal: DBT Activities to Help You Manage Emotions, Heal from Borderline Personality Disorder, and Discover the Wise Woman Within

About Debbie CorsoKathryn C. HoltKathryn C. Holt LCSWKiera Van GelderLCSW

Debbie Corso (Author) Debbie Corso is a mental health blogging pioneer courageously chronicling her journey while lighting a torch to provide hope to a severely emotionally wounded community. She has a BS from New York Institute of Technology in Interdisciplinary Studies in English Communications and Behavioral Science as well as a certificate in Early Childhood Development. She is in recovery from borderline personality disorder (BPD). Through hard consistent work with dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) she no longer meets the criteria to be considered Borderline. Her work as an Intake Coordinator and Case Manager at a non-profit organization working closely with children at risk for abuse and neglect was the catalyst that propelled her to document and share her powerful journey through her blog and hopeful encouraging books on overcoming the oppressive symptoms of BPD. She currently co-facilitates online worldwide DBT groups with therapist Alicia Paz at www.DBTPath.com. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.Kathryn C. Holt (Author) Kathryn C. Holt MSSW LCSW is a psychotherapist who accompanies people on the journey of reclaiming their hunger desire and permission to live fully in their bodies and lives. She writes about her journey and her psycho-spiritual approach to healing at www.kathryncholt.com. Holt studied DBT at Columbia University in New York City and worked with teens adults and families using DBT for several years prior to moving to Boulder CO where she now lives and practices. She offers individual therapy groups retreats and weekly movement classes with the intention of reconnecting people with their power wisdom and purpose.Foreword writer Kiera Van Gelder MFA is an artist educator and writer diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. An international speaker and advocate she is featured in the documentary Back from the Edge: Living With and Recovering From Borderline Personality Disorder. She currently lives in Massachusetts at a Buddhist meditation center. For additional information please visit www.buddhaandborderline.com and www.kieravangelder.com.