A first meeting/consultation interview between Jake diagnosed with BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) and likely cooccurring PTSD and Dr. ChoiKain, who is an expert clinician and director of the Gunderson Personality Disorders Institute at McLean Hospital.

The postmeeting debrief with Dr. ChoiKain is here:    • BPD & CPTSD | Debrief w/ Dr. ChoiKai...  
The postmeeting debrief with Jake is here:    • Debrief w/ Jake after Dr. ChoiKain S...  

This is not an acted scene. Please be advised: subjects include childhood/relationship trauma and neglect (PTSD), paranoia/fear/panic, relationship issues, substance use and other difficult subject matter.

This video is part of a series of sessions with therapists who work with Borderline Personality Disorder. Playlist of all videos to date is here:    • Playlist  

Dr. ChoiKain's short bio (lifted from the McLean Hospital site):

"Lois W. ChoiKain, MEd, MD, is the director of the Gunderson Personality Disorders Institute. The institute provides training and supervision for numerous proven treatments, including mentalizationbased treatment (MBT), dialectical behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (DBTPTSD), transference focused psychotherapy (TFP), and general psychiatric management (GPM). She works nationally and internationally to expand teaching efforts on borderline personality disorder and its evidencebased treatments and engages in research to study resources for training clinicians who need direction and patients who need access to informed care. With her mentor, John Gunderson, Dr. ChoiKain developed a training program for GPM and has been expanding its applications.

In 2009, Dr. ChoiKain developed the Gunderson Residence, a specialized residential program for adult women with severe personality disorders. In 2013, she founded the BPD Training Institute, a major center for proliferating awareness of and evidencebased care for severe personality disorders. Dr. ChoiKain has also developed training clinics in McLean’s Adult Outpatient Services for treatment approaches such as MBT and DBTPTSD."



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