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ABSTRACT
This critical review of the literature examines recovery from borderline personality disorder to inform a deeper understanding, identifying supports and barriers to recovery, through the exploration of historical and socio-political influences. It critically evaluates research literature for the effectiveness of recovery concept implementation. This review presents the strengths of current evidence and suggestions for future considerations to better support the recovery of whaiora (people seeking wellness) by taking concepts of connection, empowerment, hope, identity and meaning-making, and interweaving them with aspects of established therapies, such as Dialectal Behaviour Therapy, focussing on interpersonal effectiveness, distress tolerance, creating a life worth living, the reconstruction of stable self-image and the use of mindfulness practice. The focus is on developing interventions and responses that support self-management.
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Zoë Bourke
Zoë Bourke works as a social worker in an adult community mental health team based in Henderson, Auckland, New Zealand. She completed her social work studies in 2019 and has been working in mental health since graduating. Zoë believes it is important to implement a recovery focus in her work. She supports each individual as a whole person, rather than a diagnosis, and aims to understand the context behind each presentation, acknowledging the systems each whaiora exists within. She has a special interest in trauma-informed care, drawing from therapeutic models such as Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.