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Topic Tuesday // Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Week 2023: Be the Difference // Tuesday 26th September 2023 5:30-7PM AEST
Topic Tuesday // Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Week 2023: Be the Difference // Tuesday 26th September 2023 5:30-7PM AEST
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On Tuesday 26th September, we’d like to invite you to join us for a discussion centered around Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) ahead of BPD Awareness Week on 1-7 October 2023. In this discussion, we will be joined by one of our Community Guides and a Special Guest from Spectrum (Specialising in Personality Disorder and Complex Trauma) to talk about the principles of care, the different treatments, stigma, & the therapeutic relationship.

BPD Awareness Week is coordinated by the Australian BPD Foundation.

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