Applied Psychological Services, PLLC

01/21/2026

This video can help you understand why partner criticism hits hard and goes deep:

When your partner’s criticism hits harder than it should, it might not be about them—it could be about your past. This video explains how narcissistic parent...

01/21/2026

Adults raised by borderline or narcissistic parents often don’t realize they’re still living in survival mode—long after childhood is over.

In this training, I’ll walk mental health providers through:
• Common adult patterns rooted in early emotional volatility
• How attachment, guilt, and self-doubt get reinforced over time
• The difference between adaptive survival strategies and emerging personality features
• Therapeutic approaches that actually help clients move from survival → stability

This is a clinical, practical webinar grounded in real treatment work—not theory alone.

📅 Friday, January 30
🎓 For mental health professionals
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01/20/2026

Click link in bio to watch my latest video on hidden traits related to female narcissists.

01/20/2026

Sometimes someone celebrates you out loud but cuts you down in private.
The praise looks real, but something about it doesn’t feel safe.

That’s covert competitiveness—when support is conditional and comparison never stops.
If you’ve ever felt celebrated and diminished at the same time, this isn’t in your head.

01/14/2026

Find it on Amazon, Search Fox BPD Journal.
BPD isn’t something you manage once — it’s something you check in with daily.
Not to fix yourself, but to understand what’s happening inside before it builds pressure.

That’s why I created the BPD Guided Journal.

01/13/2026

Sometimes support doesn’t land — not because people don’t care,
but because what you’re carrying needs recognition before solutions.

Being seen can be grounding in ways advice can’t always be.

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01/13/2026

Latest video of tools to help with mental health. Check them out.

01/12/2026

Available on Amazon Search for: Fox Complex BPD

Borderline personality disorder can feel overwhelming — not because it’s untreatable,
but because it often comes with other conditions that change how symptoms show up.

Understanding the full picture changes how people heal.

01/10/2026

Found my BPD workbook at Manhattan Barnes & Noble. Always exited and humbled to see it.

01/08/2026

Most BPD crises in the ER are not manipulation—they’re an overwhelmed nervous system reacting to intense fear and threat.

When someone with borderline personality disorder is crying, pacing, or angry, it’s often fear, emotional activation, and survival instincts firing all at once. Being told to “calm down” can actually escalate distress, not because someone is choosing chaos, but because it activates deep fears of rejection, dismissal, and abandonment.

The emergency room environment—noise, waiting, unpredictability—can amplify this response. What looks like acting out is often a trauma-driven nervous system reaction, not a character flaw.

Understanding the pattern changes how you respond and can reduce escalation, shame, and harm.

Save this. Share it with someone who needs this perspective.

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01/06/2026

What looks like manipulation or drama in BPD is often a nervous system in survival mode.

A small trigger can activate the threat system.
Defense shows up as anger, shutdown, or pacing—not aggression, but protection.
When defenses fail, collapse follows: shame, despair, and intensified self-harm or suicidal thoughts.

This pattern is predictable, and when it’s met with validation, grounding, and containment, intensity can drop faster than most people expect.

Understanding the sequence changes how you respond—and how quickly things de-escalate.

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01/04/2026

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