{"podcast":{"title":"From Borderline to Beautiful: Hope and Help for BPD with Rose Skeeters, MA, LPC, PN2","slug":"from-borderline-to-beautiful-hope-and-help-for-bpd-with-rose-skeeters-ma-lpc-pn2-795439","podcast_index_feed_id":795439,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/14ce3f24/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.thriveonlinecounseling.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/3390609/3390609-1781728843523-e0faaf2f9019a.jpg","author":"Rose Skeeters","episode_count":268,"summary":"From Borderline to Beautiful Podcast tackles tough topics and provides information and insight into borderline personality disorder. Our goal is to provide a show that offers hope and help to you or your loved ones with BPD and to answer big questions that others in the field are too scared to answer. The stigma around BPD is unjustified because there is a good prognosis. Let's break the stigma and learn ways to heal together. Rose Skeeters, a licensed therapist, nutrition and mindset coach, will share her story and strategies to overcome her own battle with BPD and Bulimia.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-05T12:18:09.606016+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/from-borderline-to-beautiful-hope-and-help-for-bpd-with-rose-skeeters-ma-lpc-pn2-795439"},"episode":{"title":"Mentalization-Based Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder with Robert Drozek","slug":"mentalization-based-treatment-for-borderline-personality-disorder-with-robert-drozek","published_at":"2026-06-24T01:02:08+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/from-borderline-to-beautiful-hope-and-help-for-bpd-with-rose-skeeters-ma-lpc-pn2-795439/mentalization-based-treatment-for-borderline-personality-disorder-with-robert-drozek","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/from-borderline-to-beautiful-hope-and-help-for-bpd-with-rose-skeeters-ma-lpc-pn2-795439","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rose-skeeters/episodes/Mentalization-Based-Treatment-for-Borderline-Personality-Disorder-with-Robert-Drozek-e3l6u0m","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO6847050124.mp3","summary":"In this episode, Rose Skeeters welcomes Bob Drozek, a leading expert in mentalization-based treatment (MBT), to discuss how understanding and improving mentalizing can support hope and recovery from borderline personality disorder (BPD). Listeners will gain insights into the foundational concepts of MBT and practical strategies for fostering better emotional and relational health. Key topics: ​Mentalization explained: Accessing, reflecting, and understanding mental states in oneself and others (00:00:41) ​The importance of mentalization in everyday life and therapy (00:55:27) ​How trauma, rejection, and intense emotions disrupt mentalizing abilities (01:26:00) ​The role of psychical equivalence mode—certainty about negative self-beliefs— in BPD (05:03:00) ​Differences between skills-based therapies like DBT and relational, reflective approaches like MBT (13:42:00) ​The structure of MBT treatment: Formulation, collaborative development, and tailored strategies (16:19:00) ​Tools to assess and enhance self-awareness, including worksheets for identifying mentalizing strengths and vulnerabilities (19:00:00) ​The certainty toolkit and overcoming rigid beliefs about oneself and others (21:16:00) ​Building empathy: Overcoming empathic deficits related to shame and self-criticism (31:00:00) ​Navigating unstable self-identity through perspective-taking and understanding emotional validation (38:06:00) ​Success stories of MBT applying to real-world recovery, reducing self-harm, and improving relationships (45:30:00) Resources & Links Purchase Mentalization Workbook here: https://a.co/d/0dIkE170 Access Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/MentalizationBook Worksheets: https://global.oup.com/booksites/content/9780198916857/ Contact Bob Drozek here: rdrozek@mclean.harvard.e…","meta_description":"In this episode, Rose Skeeters welcomes Bob Drozek, a leading expert in mentalization-based treatment (MBT), to discuss how understanding and improving me…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3618,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/from-borderline-to-beautiful-hope-and-help-for-bpd-with-rose-skeeters-ma-lpc-pn2-795439/episodes/mentalization-based-treatment-for-borderline-personality-disorder-with-robert-drozek/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/from-borderline-to-beautiful-hope-and-help-for-bpd-with-rose-skeeters-ma-lpc-pn2-795439/mentalization-based-treatment-for-borderline-personality-disorder-with-robert-drozek.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}