Fostering Self‐Compassion and Loving‐Kindness in Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder: A Randomized Pilot Study
Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy January 28, 2016 Albert Feliu-Soler, Juan Carlos Pascual, Matilde Elices et al. 131 citations
Three weeks of loving-kindness and compassion meditation (LKM/CM) increased acceptance of present-moment experience in patients with borderline personality disorder, compared with mindfulness continuation training. The LKM/CM group also showed remarkable improvements in borderline symptomatology, self-criticism, and self-kindness. LKM/CM appears to be a promising complementary strategy for inclusion in mindfulness-based interventions and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy for treating core symptoms in borderline personality disorder.