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Borderline

Stabilisable

with adequate support, most people with borderline disorder improve significantly.

Stabilisable

with adequate support, most people with borderline disorder improve significantly.

  • Confidential
  • Accepts insurance
  • Registered psychologists
  • ERS certified

What is it?

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mental health condition marked by very intense, unstable emotions, relationships that swing between extremes, impulsivity and a sense of self that shifts easily. It is not a character flaw, and it improves with treatment.

Signs and symptoms

The most common borderline personality disorder symptoms are abrupt mood swings during the day, intense fear of abandonment, intense and unstable relationships, impulsivity, anger that is hard to control, a feeling of emptiness and, at times, self-harm. They tend to worsen around conflict or separation.

How we help

Borderline personality disorder is treatable. We use evidence-based approaches such as DBT therapy to learn to regulate emotions, get through crises without self-harm and build steadier relationships, in ongoing, non-judgmental support. Online therapy in English, by video call, with an English-speaking therapist: for people in Portugal and for expats, wherever you live in Europe.

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Sofia Rebelo
Sofia Rebelo
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Médis · Multicare · AdvanceCare · Fidelidade · Ageas · AXA · Allianz · Medicare · and others

The invoice for each consultation can be submitted to your health insurer for reimbursement, according to your plan. What you say in your sessions is confidential and never reaches the insurer.

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Most people improve significantly with support, to the point of no longer meeting the diagnostic criteria. It is not a life sentence: it is a pattern of emotional regulation that can be learned and managed, and dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) is the approach with the strongest evidence.

Online tests do not diagnose. Borderline personality disorder shares signs with bipolar disorder, ADHD and trauma, and only a clinical assessment can tell them apart.

In borderline, mood shifts are fast, within hours, and almost always tied to what happens in relationships. In bipolar disorder, episodes last days to weeks and are less tied to context. Treatment differs, which is why assessment matters.

No. You can book directly on our website or with Sofia, our virtual assistant, without any referral from your GP.

Online only for now, while our clinic in Cascais is being refurbished. We reopen in December, and in-person sessions return with it.

MB Way, Multibanco, debit or credit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Revolut Pay. You can also pay at the clinic itself, in cash or by card, leaving a card on file as a guarantee for the booking. Any credit on your account is applied automatically to your next session.

We have no direct billing agreement with insurers, but we work on a reimbursement basis with the main Portuguese insurers and with ADSE. The invoice for each consultation can be submitted for reimbursement, according to your plan.

Yes. The discount applies automatically, with no sign-ups and no cards: from 5 sessions on you always have a discount, up to 20%.

Yes. Up to 24 hours before the session you can cancel and choose between a full refund to your original payment method or keeping the amount as credit. With less than 24 hours notice there is no refund, but the amount stays as credit valid for 90 days. Rescheduling is possible up to 24 hours before, at no cost.

Yes, for online sessions too. After the session, ask the clinic team for it by chat, email or WhatsApp. The certificate is available in your client area and states only the day, the time and that it was a psychology session, without mentioning the reason. It has a code that lets your employer confirm it is genuine at suaclinica.pt/verificar.

Yes. All data is processed in accordance with GDPR and the professional confidentiality psychologists are bound by. Our data protection policy explains what we collect, what it is for and how you can exercise your rights.

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