Parents of adolescents with borderline symptoms face great emotional challenges. The adolescents have strong feelings and thus also trigger strong feelings in their caregivers. The family is massively burdened by suicidal and self-injurious behavior. Parents are confronted with fears, grief, self-blame and pain. How can parents contribute to their own well-being and stability? How can they learn to deal well with their own strong feelings? What strategies help them stay in good contact with their children and understand them better? How can parents maintain a kind view of their children and of themselves? This guidebook provides information about the manifestation, causes and treatment options of the disorder. It shows parents and other caregivers concrete strategies for dealing with the youngsters and their own emotional stress. These strategies, known as family skills, were developed especially for relatives of borderline patients. They are intended to help the relatives find a good way of dealing with themselves and their children.

For:
• those affected and their parents
• teachers
• child and adolescent psychotherapists
and psychiatrists
• school psychologists
• social workers