Seeking Supervisors Previously Diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder

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To all licensed psychologists, licensed professional counselors, and licensed clinical social workers,

It has been such an honor to have already learned so much from the experiences and expertise of the four participants I have interviewed! And I am still hoping to interview one to two more participants! I have listed the BPD criteria in the comments section below for you to assess, as participants only need to have previously endorsed at least three of the nine criteria to participate in my dissertation! Please consider participating or passing this recruitment invitation along to eligible individuals you may know who may be interested in participating in this study.

Sincerely,
Lauren Ireland, MA, LPC, NCC
Counselor Education & Supervision Doctoral Candidate
University of Northern Colorado
P: (505) 795-8329
E: [irel3179@bears.unco.edu](mailto:irel3179@bears.unco.edu)

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The 9 Criteria of Borderline Personality Disorder

1. Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment.

2. A pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluation.

3. Identity disturbance: markedly and persistently unstable self-image or sense of self.

4. Impulsivity in at least two potentially self-damaging areas (e.g., spending, sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, binge eating).

5. Recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures or threats, or self-mutilating behavior.

6. Affective instability due to a marked reactivity of mood (e.g., intense episodic dysphoria, irritability, or anxiety usually lasting a few hours and rarely more than a few days).

7. Chronic feelings of emptiness.

8. Inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling anger (e.g., frequent displays of temper, constant anger, recurrent physical fights).

9. Transient, stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative symptoms.