Table of Contents
Prologue 1
How to Use This Book 3
Chapter 1 Which Direction Do You Want to Go? What Do You Really Want to Do with Your Life? 5
Chapter 2 What Is Borderline Personality Disorder? 22
Chapter 3 How Does Borderline Personality Disorder Develop? 50
Chapter 4 The Three States of Mind 57
Chapter 5 The Three "What" Skills for Practicing Mindfulness 63
Chapter 6 The Three "How" Skills for Living Mindfully 74
Chapter 7 Everything You've Always Wanted to Know about Emotions 83
Chapter 8 The Feeling of Emptiness 92
Chapter 9 Effectively Regulating Emotions 99
Chapter 10 Knowing How to Analyze Emotions 106
Chapter 11 Becoming Less Hypersensitive to Emotions 113
Chapter 12 Distress: What Is It? How Do We Cope with It? 130
Chapter 13 Distress Tolerance Skills: Are They Really Beneficial? 141
Chapter 14 What Is Dissociation? 145
Chapter 15 Borderline Personality Disorder and Interpersonal Relationships 152
Chapter 16 My Secure Relational Landscape 166
Chapter 17 My Insecure Relational Landscape 176
Chapter 18 Shame and Interpersonal Effectiveness 188
Chapter 19 Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills 198
Chapter 20 Acting Effectively in Difficult Interpersonal Situations 203
Chapter 21 Creating a Positive Interpersonal Environment around You 216
Chapter 22 Developing High-Quality Relationships 224
Your Journey Continues 241
Acknowledgments 245
Notes 247
