Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a prevalent, chronic, and serious psychiatric problem characterized by a pattern of chaotic and self-defeating interpersonal relationships, emotional lability, identity disturbance, poor impulse control, frequent angry outbursts, frequent suicidality, and self-mutilation (Skodol et al. 2002).

Psychotherapy is the recommended primary technique for treating BPD patients (Oldham et al. 2001) and is the most widely practiced approach to their treatment. A meta-analysis (Perry, Banon, and Ianni 1999) suggests that psychotherapy is an effective treatment for personality disorder and may be associated with up to a sevenfold faster