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Received: 1 November 2017

Accepted: 19 March 2018

First Online: 15 April 2018

Authors’ information

: Simone Mohi, MClinPsych., is a practicing clinical psychologist doing her doctoral research in the area of borderline personality disorder and treatment at the University of Wollongong (UOW). She also teaches in post graduate psychology at UOW.Frank Deane, PhD., is a Senior Professor at the School of Psychology at the University of Wollongong and Director of the Illawarra Institute for Mental Health.Ann Bailey, MClinPsych., is a clinical psychologist who has worked in the public mental health system in the Specialist Psychological Service providing services to individuals with borderline personality disorder. She currently works in private practice.Dianne Mooney-Reh, PhDClinPsych., is a clinical psychologist who has worked in the public mental health system in the Specialist Psychological Service providing services to individuals with borderline personality disorder. She currently works in private practice.Danielle Ciaglia, DClinPsych., is a clinical psychologist who has worked in the public mental health system in the Specialist Psychological Service providing services to individuals with borderline personality disorder. She currently works in private practice.

: Study design, method, and procedures, including consent forms and the consent process, reported here were reviewed and approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee of the University of Wollongong.

: Informed consent obtained from participants for data collected to be used for purpose of journal publication.

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