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Personality Disorder Treatment and Support

Personality disorders are complex mental health conditions that require expert care. At Mass General Brigham, we provide specialized treatment to help you manage symptoms and reclaim your life.
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Compassionate approach to personality disorder treatment

If you're living with a personality disorder, you're not alone. The specialists at Mass General Brigham are experts in treating personality disorders. We help you understand your diagnosis and explore treatment options that give you the best possible quality of life.

U.S. News & World Report ranks Mass General Brigham hospitals among the nation’s leading hospitals for psychiatric care.

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Our approach to personality disorders care

Personality disorders affect how individuals experience emotions, relationships, and sense of self. Our team combines evidence-based treatments with a highly structured, supportive environment where residents can observe and work through relationship patterns in real time.
Comprehensive care for adults
From partial hospitalization to residential treatment and outpatient care, we provide comprehensive support for individuals living with personality disorders. We focus on helping you build a healthy, meaningful life centered on long-term growth and healing.
Specialized care for children
It's common for symptoms of personality disorders to start during adolescence or young adulthood. We offer specialized residential and outpatient programs for teens and young adults. Our goal is to help young people build the skills needed to improve their health and daily functioning.
Experts in diagnosing personality disorders

Personality disorders can cause many types of symptoms, making it hard to diagnose accurately. However, the right diagnosis is crucial to finding effective treatment.

Our psychiatrists, psychologists, and clinical social workers offer thorough evaluations of your symptoms, experiences, and family history. They guide you toward the treatment and support you need for a healthier future.

Residential treatment

McLean’s Gunderson Residence Program offers residential care to cisgender and transgender women, as well as nonbinary people assigned female at birth. This is a self-pay program. Care includes individual, family, and group therapy along with medication management. We personalize treatment to your needs, using techniques such as:

  • DBT
  • DBT for post-traumatic stress disorder (DBT-PTSD)
  • Mentalization-based treatment (MBT)
  • Radically open DBT (RO-DBT)
  • Transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP)
  • Good Psychiatric Management (GPM)
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Partial hospital programs
Our partial hospital programs offer short-term, intensive day treatment for adults with a wide range of mental health conditions. We emphasize group therapy, structure, and skills-building to help stabilize your moods, improve your functioning, and return to outpatient treatment.
Outpatient care for borderline personality disorders

The McLean Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT) Outpatient Clinic offers specialized, evidence-based treatment for borderline personality disorder and other personality disorders that is entirely insurance-based. Options include MBT group therapy alone or combinations of group and individual therapy plus psychiatric management.

The MGH Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) group program offers DBT groups for persons who receive long-term medical or individual mental health care through MGH. An individual therapist (at MGH or elsewhere) is also required for the program.

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Our approach
Personality disorders affect how individuals experience emotions, relationships, and sense of self. Our team provides comprehensive evaluation and treatment for a range of personality disorders in adults.
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Conditions and treatments
As a national leader in psychiatric care, Mass General Brigham services provide access to comprehensive evaluation, therapy, and treatment across the care continuum.

  • McLean’s Borderline Personality Disorder Outpatient Program at Gunderson

    Learn how our outpatient treatment program is designed to provide structured, compassionate, and evidence-based care for individuals with borderline personality disorder.

  • Child Personality Disorder Program

    Teens and young adults with personality disorders have access to a range of inpatient and outpatient treatments. Read about our specialized care.

  • Neuropsychological and Psychological Testing Service

    Offering diagnostic testing and comprehensive evaluations of cognitive abilities (memory, concentration, language, etc.), emotional functioning, and personality. Contact us today.

  • Bipolar Disorder Service

    Bipolar disorder causes extreme mood changes that can affect daily life and well-being. Learn more about comprehensive bipolar disorder care at Mass General Brigham.

  • Depression Service

    Our compassionate behavioral health specialists offer the latest depression treatments and programs for children and adults. Learn how we can help.

  • Anxiety Service

    Access comprehensive services for anxiety disorders, including medications and therapies. Request an appointment.

  • Stress and PTSD Service

    Our stress and PTSD services include therapy, medications, partial hospital programs, and specialized care for children and adults. Learn about PTSD care at Mass General Brigham.

  • Psychosis Program

    Psychosis can cause distressing symptoms that interfere with your quality of life. Find out more about the expert psychosis care we provide.

  • Eating Disorders Service

    We offer comprehensive services for people of all ages who have anorexia, ARFID, and other eating disorders. See how we can help you or your child.

  • Substance Use Disorders Bridge Clinics

    Mass General Brigham’s Bridge Clinics provide equitable, accessible, and high-quality care for people with substance use disorders.

  • McLean's DBT for Adolescents & Young Adults at 3East

    3East provides DBT for adolescents and young adults with expert care for self-harm, depression, trauma support and skill-building in a therapeutic environment.

  • McLean’s Borderline Personality Disorder Residential Program at Gunderson

    Are you experiencing emotion dysregulation, suicidality, or self-harm? Call 617.855.4250 to chat about our proven BPD treatment

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Contact Personality Disorder Treatment and Support

Call us to speak with a team member who can help you understand your options and guide you to the care that is right for you.
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McLean Hospital

3East: 617-855-2804

Borderline Personality Outpatient: 617-855-3452

Gunderson Residence: 617-855-4250

International
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