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There are many books and online resources about DBT and BPD. Not all of them are up to date with current research or particularly helpful. We recommend these resources for anyone who wants to learn about emotion dysregulation, BPD or ways to support their loved ones.
○ The Borderline Personality Disorder Survival Guide: Everything you need to know about living with BPD by Alexander Chapman and Kim Gratz
○ Borderline Personality Disorder: A guide for the newly diagnosed by Alexander Chapman and Kim Gratz
○ Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder: How to Keep Out-of-Control Emotions from Destroying Your Relationships by Shari Manning
○ The High-Conflict Couple: A Dialectical Behavior Therapy Guide to Finding Peace, Intimacy, and Validation by Alan Fruzetti
○ The Buddha and the Borderline: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder through Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Buddhism, and Online Dating by Kiera Van Gelder
○ Building a Life Worth Living by Marsha Linehan
○ The National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
○ The Linehan Institute
○ Now Matters Now
○ Back from the Edge
○ Open Your Mind Before You Open Your Mouth
These services are either free or low cost/sliding fee scale - many of them unfortunately have waitlists.
○ CAMH BPD Clinic
○ Davenport Perth Neighbourhood Centre Surfing Tsunamis Program
○ Stella’s Place (Age 16-29)
○ Hard Feelings
○ Midtown DBT
○ The Sashbear Family Connections Program provides free support for family members and loved ones
These are some of the other DBT clinics in the GTA and outside of the GTA that we know of and recommend.
○ DBT Hamilton
○ Centre for Mind Body Health
○ Toronto Psychology and Wellness Group
○ Zoe Cohen
○ Midland, ON: Centre for Psychology and Emotion Regulation
○ Kitchener/Waterloo/Guelph: Broadleaf Health
○ Vancouver, BC: Vancouver DBT Centre
○ Internationally: The DBT Linehan Board of Certification Directory for Certified Providers and Programs
There are many types of crisis support services that you can access if you need support. Many of these resources are Toronto based but any that don't have a Toronto area code can be accessed from anywhere in Canada
○ Crisis Services Canada: 1-833-456-4566 or text 45645
○ Distress Centres of Greater Toronto: Toronto: 416-408-4357, Peel: 905-459-7777
○ Gerstein Centre: 416-929-5200
○ Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
○ The Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/Multicultural
○ Women Against Rape: 416-597-8808
○ Trans Lifeline: 1-877-330-6366
○ Assaulted Women’s Helpline: 416-863-0511
○ Progress Place Warm Line: (non crisis emotional support): 12pm-8pm: 416-323-3721 8pm-12am: 416-960-9276
○ Gerstein Centre: 416-929-5200
○ 310-COPE (York Region): 1-855- 310- COPE (2673)
○ BeSafe App (find local resources and create a safety plan)