Borderline Personality Disorder therapists in Phoenix, Arizona AZ
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BPD
Carolyne Mburu-Gerena
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP-BC
Individuals with borderline personality disorder often experience intense emotions, relationship difficulties, and challenges with emotional regulation. Treatment focuses on stabilizing mood symptoms, improving impulse control, and developing healthier coping strategies. Medication management combined with supportive therapeutic approaches can help individuals build greater emotional stability and healthier relationships.
6 Years Experience
Online in Phoenix, AZ Arizona (Online Only)
BPD
Patricia Fahmy
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPCC
Living with intense emotions can feel exhausting. You may experience overwhelming fears of abandonment, difficulty trusting others, rapid shifts in emotions, relationship struggles, or a constant fear of being left, rejected, or misunderstood.
Many people feel ashamed of these experiences or believe something is wrong with them.
In reality, these patterns often make sense in the context of attachment wounds, relational trauma, and painful life experiences.
Together, we'll work to better understand these patterns, strengthen emotional regulation, improve relationships, and help you feel more stable, secure, and connected.
7 Years Experience
Online in Phoenix, AZ Arizona (Online Only)
BPD
Claire Karakey
Therapist, LPC, MC
Borderline Personality Disorder is an illness that makes emotions difficult to manage. One may have difficulty relating to others, coping with stress, reckless behavior, strong feelings of isolation and abandonment, and challenges understanding other people’s points of view. BPD is sometimes also called Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD) as the name is more descriptive to the actual condition.
BPD commonly presents in adolescence or early adulthood with intense moods, suicidal thoughts, addictive behaviors, inability to maintain jobs and relationships, and paranoid thoughts. Because of the extreme mood swings, BPD is frequently misdiagnosed as Bipolar Disorder, however, the mood changes with BPD are typically much shorter in overall duration.
Treatment is typically a combination of psychotherapies including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Mindfulness. There are no medications specifically to treat BPD but there are support groups that can help when struggling to cope with these significant emotions. People living with BPD are able to improve their lives with the help of therapy and other kinds of support.
11 Years Experience
In-Person Near Phoenix, AZ
Online in Phoenix, AZ Arizona
BPD
Michael Klinkner
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
Borderline Personality Disorder requires a holistic approach. I help clients address their attention issues from a variety of different angles and determine the underlying causes behind the problems
27 Years Experience
In-Person Near Phoenix, AZ
Online in Phoenix, AZ Arizona
BPD
Jeni Gutke
Licensed Professional Counselor, MC, LPC
We offer a DBT group virtually for adolescence and adults to learn, interpersonal communication as well as emotional regulation and skills that allow mindfulness incorporated into daily habits. This can help calm the mind with black-and-white thinking, and instead give the ability to self regulate and manage emotions and create healthy boundaries, the goal is having healthy relationships, starting with compassion and love for ourselves.
12 Years Experience
In-Person Near Phoenix, AZ
Online in Phoenix, AZ Arizona
Phoenix's extreme summer heat and sprawling, car-dependent geography contribute to social isolation and depression, with many residents spending months in largely indoor environments with limited organic social contact. The city has grown rapidly through domestic migration, and therapists frequently work with the disconnection and loneliness that can accompany life in a place where many people lack long-established roots and community ties. Phoenix has a significant veteran population, and therapists specializing in military trauma, PTSD, and veteran family concerns are well represented. Banner Health and Dignity Health provide major institutional mental health resources, with a large private practice community serving Scottsdale, Tempe, and the East Valley.
Borderline Personality Disorder therapists in Phoenix, Arizona Statistics
Borderline Personality Disorder therapists in Phoenix, Arizona average 17 years of experience and charge around $228 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (72%), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) (56%), and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) (42%).
Average years in practice
17 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$228
Accept insurance
42%
Offer sliding scale
44%
Gender ID
| 64% |
Female |
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| 31% |
Male |
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| 5% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 72% |
In Person and Online |
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| 28% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 72% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 56% | Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) |
| 42% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
| 42% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 42% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 36% | Behavioral Therapy |
| 33% | Eclectic Therapy |
Ages Served
| 97% | Adult |
| 75% | Teen |
| 58% | Young Adult |
| 53% | Senior |
| 31% | Children |
Client Focus
| 56% | Women |
| 56% | Men |
| 50% | LGBTQ+ |
| 33% | Military / Veterans |
| 33% | Christian |