THE EFFICACY OF DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOUR THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY

Patricia Tsiga Chipungu Patricia is born in Harare, Zimbabwe. She went to Primary and secondary school in the same place. After school she did training in secretarial work, which then led on to Accountancy and after that she got a Job working for The Posts and Telecommunications Cooperation in Harare. Although she enjoyed her carrier at the time, it didn’t really satisfy her wholly and spiritually…She always knew her calling hadn’t come yet. In 1998 she then came to England, only then did her interest come into being a nurse, even though at time she was just a Health Care Assistant, it felt right and she would go home feeling satisfied. She has been working within the Learning Disabilities setting but when an opportunity to train as an Associate Mental Health Nurse Practioner arose, she jumped at it and enjoyed the Mental Health setting more. Patricia found it more challenging and stimulating. After training she practised for 2 years and then pursued more training to acquire a Bsc (Hons) in Mental Health.