Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD): Fostering Realistic Hope (in person)

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD): Fostering Realistic Hope is the Bouverie Centre's free 2-day group workshop for a family carer, friend or partner of someone experiencing BPD or BPD symptoms.

Whether seeking guidance, support, or a space to share your experiences, this workshop offers a welcoming environment where families can learn and grow together and the opportunity to connect with others who understand your journey.

2026 workshops

Interested in attending online instead? Register here.

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What will you learn?

Practices you will be introduced to include:

• Sharing, witnessing, and contributing to each others' stories

• Relational mindfulness

• Restarting reflection / "re-storying" the conversation

• Acknowledgement / validation

• Relational limit setting

What we hope you will take away:

• A better understanding of the effects of BPD on families' lives through the sharing of experiences and knowledge

• The capacity to identify and resource coping initiatives that make a difference for you and your family

• The ability to mindfully notice habitual and unhelpful relational-interactional patterns that we often become stuck in

• A mindful space for reflection and realistic action

Who should attend

This workshop is for a family carer, friend or partner of someone experiencing BPD or BPD symptoms

Suitability

BPD: Fostering Realistic Hope is funded by the Victorian Department of Health and is available only to current-residing Victorian families. The Primary Family Contact, who is also the group participant, must produce their address at registration.

It is also a requirement of any participant in this support group to agree to our Terms of Service.

Collection and storage of family information

In order to provide family therapy or group therapy for families at The Bouverie Centre, we are required to collect the information requested at registration. We do this to meet the requirements of our funding body, the Victorian Department of Health.