Knowledge is essential to managing your relationship with and helping a loved-one with BPD. Here are some options:
- Canadian Mental Health Association Opening Minds Mental Health First Aid
- CRAFT for Mental Illness – Community Reinforcement and Family Training program is a skills-based program for families of people with mental illness.
- KLINIC Suicide Prevention Training
- Mood Disorders Association of Manitoba – offers the “Family Matters Program” to educate and help loved-ones of people with mood disorders (which often co-exist with BPD).
- Sashbear Foundation – offers the free “Family Connections Program” education and peer support group.
- Sara Riel Livingworks Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
- St. John’s Ambulance Mental Health First Aid Training
- Treatment and Research Advancements for Borderline Personality Disorder (“TARA4BPD”) – offers online group education seminars for a fee, including mentalization techniques for loved-ones of people with BPD.