Borderline Personality Disorder

Treatment Center Texas

Restoring balance to the life of an individual with Borderline Personality Disorder is part of the mental health mission of The Meehl House. After diagnosis, Texas residents can turn to The Meehl House to learn how to effectively live daily with Borderline Personality Disorder. The treatment team uses a Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) approach that encompasses the skills of Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Distress Tolerance, and Emotional Regulation that are necessary to maintain a healthy and productive lifestyle.

This holistic center tends to each resident’s mind, body and spirit as a fundamental elements of the program. Behavior therapy and skills training are combined with strategies for protecting, strengthening and caring for the body and providing resources to helping a resident cultivate a stronger sense of the value of spiritual strength. These skills and strategies are taught over the course of a 30-60 day stay at the treatment center’s facility near the Texas Gulf Coast.

Choosing the residential treatment center at The Meehl House can provide numerous benefits for an individual with BPD. 24 hour access to the DBT team allows a resident to address a distressful or emotional situation as it is occurring, and put learned DBT skills and life skills into practice immediately. The cohesiveness of the DBT team, including a psychiatrist, therapist, skills trainer, life coach and program director, means all team members are aware of the particular situation and needs of each individual. The residential treatment center also provides an atmosphere of continuous support from fellow residents, family visitors and the founders of The Meehl Foundation, Mark and Debra Meehl, DD, MSW, who live at The Meehl House.

Making plans for continuing care for each resident is a priority of the program at The Meehl House. The DBT team will work family members, local psychiatrists, therapists and community resources to facilitate and establish extended care. Access to all staff members of The Meehl House is also provided to residents upon their return home to Houston, Dallas, Austin and beyond. Inquiries can be made at 979-798-7972 and more information about The Meehl House can be found online at www.meehlfoundation.org.