A client admitted with borderline personality disorder complains during group therapy that she, "always falls for the bad guy." She has been in and out of rehabilitation and abuse crisis centers
The nursing student knows this client would benefit from: 1. Intrapsychic cognitive therapy.
2. Family conflict therapy.
3. Dialectical behavioral therapy.
4. Self-reflective therapy.
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Rationale: Linehan specifically developed dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) for the outpatient treatment of chronically suicidal people with borderline personality disorder. DBT is a specialized subset of the cognitive behavioral treatment modalities. The client with borderline personality disorder tends to be crisis prone, with intense relational episodes. In other words, interactions with others have the potential to disrupt the client powerfully.
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