Schema Therapy for BPD: Soothing the Abandoned Child

An underlying premise of schema therapy is that people with borderline personality disorder operate in different modes, including Abandoned Child mode. In this video, I talk about the Abandoned Child mode and how to cope with it.

Schema therapy is an effective treatment for BPD. You can learn more about it in these schema therapy videos I did:

• Schema Therapy for Treatment of BPD: Domains and Their Schemas
• Schema Therapy for BPD Video (Part II): Schema Modes