Resources for DBT, BPD & Bipolar

your one-stop-shop for support
curated by @jenna.vs.bpd <3

CRISIS LINES:

🇺🇸 United States:
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — call or text 988, 24/7
Crisis Text Line — text HOME to 7417🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Samaritans — call 116 123, free from any phone, 24/7, 365 days
Shout - text SHOUT to 85258, 24/7🇦🇺 Australia
Lifeline — call 13 11 14, 24/7 crisis support and suicide prevention
Suicide Call Back Service — call 1300 659 467🇨🇦 Canada
9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline — call or text 988, free, 24/7, English and French, available across Canada
In Quebec specifically: 1-866-APPELLE (1-866-277-3553), or text 53 53 53, or chat at suicide.caOther Countries: Find A Helpline (findahelpline.com) — searchable, verified crisis lines in 130+ countries

Free DBT Resources

DialecticalBehaviorTherapy.com has 40 free short DBT lessons, each with a video + worksheet; works like a mini self-paced course⤵︎

DBT Self Help is the OG self-serve DBT site with mindfulness exercises, diary cards, flashcard sets, and a huge worksheet library ⤵︎

Therapist Aid provides free, printable worksheets on emotion regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness ⤵︎

YouTube Channels

Find Professional Support:

Bipolar Support

Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) - the largest peer-run org focused specifically on mood disorders. They have a free wellness toolbox and online support groups ⤵︎

Bipolar UK - free peer support groups, a helpline, and a moderated online eCommunity, open to those diagnosed and their loved ones ⤵︎

Bipolar Wellness Centre - a free, research-backed self-management hub from the University of British Columbia, covering 14 different quality-of-life domains via webinar, video, and text ⤵︎

YouTube Channels
Dr. Tracey Marks bipolar playlist
International Bipolar Foundation
Polar Warriors

BPD Support

Emotions Matter - a nonprofit run by people with lived BPD experience with free peer-led online support groups ⤵︎

BPD Alliance (NEABPD) - education, webinars, and family resources ⤵︎

📚 Self-Help, Workbooks and Memoirs

DBT Workbooks:

  • DBT Skills Training Handbook and Worksheets — Marsha M. Linehan

  • The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook — McKay, Wood, Brantley

BPD Memoirs:

  • The Buddha and the Borderline — Kiera Van Gelder

  • Get Me Out of Here — Rachel Reiland

  • Girl in Need of a Tourniquet - Merri Lisa Johnson

BPD Self Help:

  • I Hate You, Don't Leave Me — Jerold J. Kreisman & Hal Straus (the classic overview)

  • The Borderline Personality Disorder Workbook — Daniel Fox, PhD

  • Stop Walking on Eggshells — Paul Mason & Randi Kreger

  • Talking to a Loved One with Borderline Personality Disorder — Jerold J. Kreisman

Bipolar Memoirs:

  • An Unquiet Mind — Kay Redfield Jamison

  • Madness: A Bipolar Life — Marya Hornbacher

Bipolar Self Help:

  • The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide — David J. Miklowitz

  • The Bipolar Workbook — Monica Ramirez Basco

  • Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder — Julie A. Fast & John D. Preston