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3,125 people sought borderline personality disorder counseling help in Pennsylvania in the last year

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Borderline personality disorder counseling FAQs

What is borderline personality disorder counseling?

Borderline personality disorder counseling in Philadelphia, PA is the main form of treatment for borderline personality disorder. It teaches individuals skills that enable them to better manage and cope with their symptoms.

How does borderline personality disorder counseling work?

Borderline personality disorder counseling at Thriveworks is personalized to each individual. Depending on your unique needs, it can help you learn to manage uncomfortable feelings, reduce impulsivity, and improve relationships (which might otherwise be negatively affected by your condition).

Is borderline personality disorder counseling conducted in person or online?

Borderline personality disorder counseling with our Thriveworks Philadelphia therapists can be conducted both in person and online by video. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you.

How long does borderline personality disorder counseling last?

The length of borderline personality disorder counseling sessions will vary from one person to the next, dependent on their specific needs. However, most treatments for borderline personality disorder last for 1-3 years.

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Therapy in Philadelphia, PA for Borderline Personality Disorder—Treatment and Counseling

Borderline Personality Disorder can cause significant harm to an individual’s life, but therapy has helped many people learn how to manage their symptoms and live the balanced life they want. Thriveworks Philadelphia has helped many people who are struggling with the instability that Borderline Personality Disorder can cause. We know that with therapy, many people are learning how to push back against BPD and live a balanced life. Reach out today for help.

Signs of Borderline Personality Disorder

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) groups BPD under the category of personality disorder. There are ten mental illnesses that fall into this division. All ten are characterized by a distinguishing maladaptive behavior—that is, some pattern of behavior that undermines an individual’s well-being. For those with Borderline Personality Disorder, volatility is the maladaptive behavior that can sabotage their lives. This volatility is present in every area of people’s lives and can look like these signs…

  • Swinging quickly between opposite and extreme emotions: happiness to frustration to anger to euphoria and more.
  • Living with a deep and abiding fear of abandonment and separation.
  • The inability to receive criticism of any kind (even constructive).
  • Volatile relationships—often people with BPD have a pattern of broken relationships wherein they idealize others and then villainize them when they do not live up to expectations.
  • Feeling empty on a regular and on-going basis.
  • Risky behavior that puts others and oneself in harm’s way: spending sprees, daredevil driving, drug use, gambling, binge eating, unsafe sex, self-sabotage, and more.
  • Attempted suicide, suicide ideation, self-harm, and other self-injurious behaviors that are used as coping skills for handling rejection, disappointment, and other difficult circumstances and feelings.
  • Belligerence, explosions of anger, aggression, and more.

Risk Factors for BPD

Just over 1 percent of people in the US have been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. It is unclear to mental health professionals exactly what causes BPD, but there are certain emotional, physical, and circumstantial factors that may raise an individual’s risk of BPD developing. Such factors include…

  • Having a smaller than average hippocampus (area of the brain that controls emotion and stress responses).
  • Losing a parent or caretaker as a child.
  • Living through childhood trauma (especially emotional, physical, or sexual, abuse or neglect by a parent or caregiver).
  • A genetic predisposition and family history of mental illness, including BPD.

Treatment for BPD

Borderline Personality Disorder can disrupt people’s lives, but there are ways to fight its effects. In particular, Dialectical Behavior Therapy is a form of treatment that has helped many people with BPD. This therapy teaches people important skills like…

  • Mindfulness – teaches people how to observe their own feelings, thoughts, and sensations without judgement or shame. People begin to notice themselves.
  • Interpersonal effectiveness – teaches people how to form many different relationships in a number of contexts, such as acquaintances, professional connections, deep friendships, romantic relationships, and more.
  • Emotional regulation – teaches people how to feel deeply and maintain control of their actions at the same time.
  • Distress tolerance – teaches people healthy ways to deal with life’s inevitable hardships, setbacks, disappointments, and more.

Therapy for Borderline Personality at Thriveworks Philadelphia

If you have Borderline Personality Disorder or if you think that you may have it, consider reaching out. Thriveworks Philadelphia offer treatment for BPD, and we have appointments available. When you contact our office, one of our scheduling specialists (e.g., a real person) will answer your call and help you make an appointment. New clients often meet with their therapist within the week of their first call. We accept many different forms of insurance, and we offer evening and weekend appointments. Call today.

Pricing & insurance

Our therapists accept most major insurance and we offer self-pay options too.
Learn more about pricing for therapy and counseling at Thriveworks.

Our therapists and counselors in Philadelphia accept 46 insurance plans

  • Aetna

  • Aetna Medicare Advantage

  • Ambetter Health | Commercial

  • AmeriHealth Administrators

  • AmeriHealth Medicare Advantage

  • AmeriHealth Pennsylvania

  • Capital BlueCross of Pennsylvania | BCBS

  • Capital BlueCross of Pennsylvania | BCBS Medicare Advantage

  • Carelon

  • Cigna | Evernorth

  • Clover Health Medicare Advantage

  • Compsych

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Self-pay costs at Philadelphia
Talk therapy

Talk therapy

Includes individual, couples, child/ teen, & family therapy

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$1

Ongoing sessions

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Talk therapy

Psychiatry

Includes reducing symptoms with medication & management

First session

$1

Ongoing sessions

$1

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I absolutely love working with Christina. She makes me feel good after every session. She is super thorough in her techniques and clear with communication. I also love that she takes notes throughout our session and is able to pick up on things that I say so we can discuss more about them and why I said it. She gives me confidence in my mental health.
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Denise Mar 2026
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I have seen many mental health providers the last 15 years. No one else I have seen has been as patient, knowledgeable, nor cared as much. I feel as though I have grown more in the last year than I have across my whole life.
Elli Mar 2026
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I appreciate how well my therapist knows me at this point in my life to where when something happens that I need to work through there’s an immediate game plan which is always very helpful.
Rose Mar 2026
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I appreciate how patient Christina is. She doesn’t rush me, but she’s also not afraid to give me a gentle push when I try to bottle up. She’s helped me so much and the people around me can see the progress I’ve made!
Kaela Mar 2026
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I get to state my feelings openly. Im made aware that life has bumps and obstacles but I can still navigate through them.
Lunah Mar 2026
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My provider is a good listener l, very helpful and very intuitive.
Maddie Mar 2026
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I appreciate availability the most. Whenever I’m in need of service my therapist is an email or call away. There have been times when I was in immediate need because of serious life circumstances, she always made time for me and for that I’m eternally grateful.
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Caitlin Dec 2025
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My person allows me to speak and share my thoughts. She doesn't over talk me or make me feel small and insignificant.
Rodney Dec 2025
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Where to find us

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Address

1518 Walnut Street Suite 202, Suite 208
Philadelphia, PA 19102

Getting here

Thriveworks Philadelphia Counseling and Life Coaching is located near the intersection of Walnut Street and S 15th Street, off I-676. It is right by Rittenhouse Square, 15/16th & Locust St subway station, and Philadelphia City Hall. The office is in a historic, high-rise stone building with a gold eagle over the front doors; enter through the main lobby to access Suite 202 or Suite 208.

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Phone number

(215) 642-8968
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Languages spoken by PA providers

  • English
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Hours

Monday 8:00am - 9:30pm
Tuesday 8:00am - 9:30pm
Wednesday 8:00am - 9:30pm
Thursday 8:00am - 9:30pm
Friday 8:00am - 9:30pm
Saturday 8:00am - 9:30pm
Sunday 8:00am - 9:30pm

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Monday 8:00am - 11:00pm
Tuesday 8:00am - 11:00pm
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Thursday 8:00am - 11:00pm
Friday 8:00am - 11:00pm
Saturday 8:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday 8:00am - 6:00pm

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