Hello Everyone! My name is Kirsty and I am an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, have worked in Government Community Mental Health since 2013 and passionate about working with people with BPD. I am currently in my dream role as DBT Coordinator in a community mental health team in South Australia. In my own time, I advocate, educate and support those with BPD as well as their families, on the Steering Committee for National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder Australia (NEABPD) and a Family Connections Leader since 2015. This insight working with families and support people of those with BPD, has been invaluable to remember that families and people in the lives of those with BPD can learn skills themselves to not only help themselves, but also have a huge impact on their loved one and as a result go on to improve their relationships and their lives. We don’t exist in a vacuum, we are always interacting with our environment, and we have control over what we do within that environment.