Professional Referrals and Information
Please note that FBPDA does not endorse or recommend any particular health providers or specific treatments for borderline personality disorder.
When making the decision about hiring a mental health provider, you may want to address the following areas:
• How long has this person been practicing?
• What experience do they have in treating borderline personality disorder?
• Have they undergone any specific training in treating individuals with BPD?
• Does the professional focus on any particular type of therapy?
• Do they prescribe any medications?
• Are any specific diagnostic tests recommended?
• Do they accept insurance or offer their services on a sliding scale?
• Are they board certified? What professional organizations do they belong?
• Where did they attend school? What educational activities have they been involved with over the past several years?
• How will any after-hours emergencies be handled?
• Does the mental health professional collaborate with others in the practice?
• Will the professional visit the patient/client during a Baker Act commitment or other hospitalization?
Remember: You can verify the license of any practicing mental health professional by going to the Florida Medical License Search page.
For a list of professionals with experience in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, please visit BehavioralTech.org.
Treatment of personality disorder has never looked so promising. The task now is to determine which patient is best treated with which therapy and by which therapist. No one treatment is best for every patient and not everyone can treat patients
with personality disorder. —Anthony Bateman, MD
