Practical workbooks for carers supporting someone with a personality disorder
Our Parent Response Workbooks are designed for families and carers who want clear, affordable, practical guidance they can start using at home straight away.
How the Workbooks Help
Many carers are doing their best in extremely difficult situations, but they have never been shown how to respond in a structured way. These workbooks are designed to bridge that gap.
Each one focuses on a particular pattern of behaviour and offers practical support for everyday situations at home. The aim is not simply to give information, but to help carers move from confusion and emotional reaction towards calmer and more effective responses.
The workbooks are especially useful for parents and carers who want affordable support after attending a webinar, or before moving on to more personalised guidance such as a Parent Stabilisation Session.
Available Workbooks
Each workbook below is written for carers and families. Some focus on specific disorders, while others focus on common crisis patterns that can appear across different personality disorder presentations.
From Chaos to Control
Parent Response Workbook for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)Practical support for carers dealing with emotional intensity, conflict, instability, self-harm threats, and the exhausting feeling of walking on eggshells.
Breaking the Power Struggle
Parent Response Workbook for Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)Guidance for carers facing blame, control, rage, entitlement, manipulation, and emotionally draining relationship dynamics.
Holding the Line
Parent Response Workbook for Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD)Support for responding to intimidation, aggression, deceit, rule-breaking, and high-conflict behaviour with safer boundaries and clearer decisions.
Calm Within the Storm
Parent Response Workbook for Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD)Help for carers managing dramatic emotional reactions, attention-seeking behaviours, relational intensity, and repeated emotional crises.
Reaching Without Pushing
Parent Response Workbook for Avoidant Personality DisorderSupport for carers responding to withdrawal, shame, fear of criticism, hypersensitivity, and avoidance of everyday demands or relationships.
Supporting Without Losing Yourself
Parent Response Workbook for Dependent Personality DisorderPractical tools for carers facing excessive reliance, fear of separation, decision paralysis, and unhealthy dependence in close relationships.
Letting Go of Control Without Losing Stability
Parent Response Workbook for Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD)Guidance for navigating rigidity, perfectionism, criticism, control, and tension around standards, routines, and order.
Building Trust Where There Is None
Parent Response Workbook for Paranoid Personality DisorderSupport for carers dealing with mistrust, suspicion, defensiveness, accusations, and communication breakdown driven by fear and misinterpretation.
Connecting Without Pressure
Parent Response Workbook for Schizoid Personality DisorderHelp for carers understanding emotional distance, detachment, low expressed warmth, and how to create connection without overwhelming the person.
Understanding the Unfamiliar
Parent Response Workbook for Schizotypal Personality DisorderGuidance for carers dealing with unusual beliefs, eccentric behaviour, social discomfort, mistrust, and confusing communication patterns.
When Nothing Quite Fits
Parent Response Workbook for Mixed Personality Disorder TraitsFor carers who are seeing several personality disorder traits at once, or where there is no clear diagnosis but the patterns are causing distress at home.
What To Do When Everything Escalates
Parent Response Workbook for Crisis and Emotional Escalation at HomeA practical workbook focused on conflict, shutdown, rage, threats, emotional overload, and what carers can do in the moment when home feels out of control.
“The aim of each workbook is simple: to help carers respond with more clarity, more confidence, and less fear.”
Important Information
These workbooks are designed as practical psychoeducational resources for carers and families. They are not a substitute for therapy, crisis services, or emergency mental health support.
If you are unsure which workbook is most suitable for your situation, please contact us and we will help guide you to the most appropriate option.
Need More Personalised Help?
If you need more than a workbook and want support tailored to your own family situation, the next step may be a Parent Stabilisation Session.
This is designed for carers who are ready to move beyond general guidance and start applying a clear plan to their own circumstances.
Our aim is to make practical support more accessible for families and carers who are trying to navigate extremely difficult situations without enough guidance.