Please note, prior to booking this course you need to have completed Your Needs Met and Effective Communication with Distressed People.
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), also known as emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD), presents significant challenges for clinicians, emergency services and support workers alike. Building upon the expertise of Suffolk Mind’s nationally recognised Waves service, Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder will give your staff the knowledge and skills to enable them to address the overwhelming distress and stigma associated with this diagnosis
Benefits of Understanding BPD training:
- Understand how the diagnosis arises and its signs and symptoms
- Help with the challenges clinicians and service users experience
- Learn how personality disorder survival instincts shape thought and behaviour
- Learn how to address damaged resources and promote recovery
- Understand how to spot ‘splitting’ and protect yourself from its emotional impact
With better understanding the stigma and barriers around the diagnosis of BPD can be broken down, enabling people to feel empowered and in control of their own lives.

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Fundraising Events
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Aubrey’s Swim in aid of Suffolk Mind (1)
Event Date: 09/11/2019
Aubrey is swimming 5km at the Olympic Swimming Pool in Stratford for Suffolk Mind. -
Fire Walk (4)
Event Date: 26/02/2020
The East of England Co-op are hosting a firewalk to raise money for Suffolk Mind, on Wednesday 26 February 2020 at Ufford Park Hotel in Woodbridge.
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Natasha runs the London Marathon for Suffolk Mind (1)
Event Date: 26/04/2020
Natasha Miles is our first ever Suffolk Mind marathon runner and she's running in memory of her partner, Nick Dinsdale.
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Red Gables supporting Suffolk Mind (1)
Event Date: 23/11/2019
On Saturday 23rd November, 12pm - 4pm, Red Gables is putting on a fantastic event including live music, a raffle and bric-a-brac all for Suffolk Mind. -
RED January (2)
Event Date: 01/01/2020
Sponsor our REDers who are challenging themselves to get active every day, their way this January.
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Start a smile (1)
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Jade Berry at the Purple Pumpkin Creative Studio will be hosting quarterly events for people to paint a small item like a tile, start or heart for someone who's having a hard time. All the proceeds will go to Suffolk Mind. -
Suffolk County Council Chairman’s Charity (5)
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We are delighted that the Chairman of the Suffolk County Council, Councillor James Finch, has chosen Suffolk Mind as his charity of the year, helping us in our aim of making Suffolk the best place in the world for talking about and taking care of mental health.
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Suffolk Food Hall (1)
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The team at the Suffolk Food Hall have chosen Suffolk Mind as one of their chosen charities of the year for 2019 and are supporting us with many events and activities throughout the year.
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TMJ (1)
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TMJ Interiors was established in 1981, and has become a leader in specialist joinery and the interior fit-out industry. We manufacture and install quality joinery for the commercial, residential and specialist sectors, and we pride ourselves on our highly skilled and dedicated team. This year, we