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About Me

It’s important to trust your coach and believe they are capable of understanding your story and your struggles with borderline personality, high emotional sensitivity, addiction, and other challenges you may be facing. This is my story. If you’re looking for more details about working together, head over to the Work With Me page.

Hi, I'm Lisa.

My mission is to provide high quality, evidence-based tools to meet the unique needs of individuals and families living with or loving someone with borderline personality disorder or high emotional sensitivity who want to create a life worth living. I also help empower coaches and therapists who want to help their clients do the same.

My story

Nice to meet you...

I’m Lisa Bond, a DBT skills coach and master at matching clients with the best providers in my referral network.

I’ve been a daughter, niece, wife, second-wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, caregiver, friend, mentor, nurse, teacher, and now coach. I have led large volunteer organizations within school and church settings, and developed and run intensive out-patient and partial hospital mental health programs. I created and continue to run a private coaching practice that thrives.

But I’ve also been afraid, hopeless, bullied, shamed, used, criticized, excluded, abused, and taken advantage of. I have experienced depression, suicidal thoughts, anxiety, and anorexia. I’ve made mistakes, experienced profound regret, grief, shame, loneliness, body image concerns, ageism, emotional abuse, invalidation, and exclusion.

What I do...

My life’s work is to create accessible, evidence-based resources for those trying to understand the borderline personality disorder (BPD) diagnosis, make sense of the associated behavior patterns, and learn to regulate emotions to improve relationships and quality of life.

These are a few of my favorite things

youtube channel

mastiff dog - Lisa Bond Coaching | DBT skills and solutions for borderline personality disorder and high emotional sensitivity

Hogan's Adventures

Do yourself a favor and watch this hilarious talking dog!

Dirty Dancing

I love the song, "I've Had the Time of My Life"!

Springstein’s “Born to Run” and “Man in Motion” the theme from St Elmo’s Fire.

mansion on ocean front cliff - Lisa Bond Coaching | DBT skills and solutions for borderline personality disorder and high emotional sensitivity

TOFINO

We stayed at the Wickainnish Inn at the very tip of Vancouver Island. The scenery was beautiful and we saw otters in the sea and bears wandering down the road next to the cars.

vacation

video

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music

records on a table - Lisa Bond Coaching | DBT skills and solutions for borderline personality disorder and high emotional sensitivity

60's and 70's Tunes

I saw Rod Stewart live in Boston Common wearing a granny gown and tinted glasses and I know all the lyrics to Tommy the rock opera by the Who.

Time with my granddaughter

We enjoy going to the zoo and try to do as many behind-the-scenes adventures as possible. We have a sleepover date every Saturday night!

Talking to animals

If I could have any super power, I'd talk to animals, Dr. Doolittle style.

microphone - Lisa Bond Coaching | DBT skills and solutions for borderline personality disorder and high emotional sensitivity

Jimmy Fallon + James Corden

It's a toss-up! I love them both.

Late Night host

What clients are saying

Lisa is absolutely amazing. One of her best traits in my opinion is her ability to help clients feel safe and comfortable, to experience and express all emotions and stay calm, understanding, and strong when needed. I feel I have complete trust with her and can tell her anything and not receive judgments. I can truly be myself in front of her.

You seem to intuitively know what each of us need and you meet us where we are. I feel very honored to be part of your group. Thank you, Lisa, for everything you are doing to help me.

You are able to offer advice and knowledge while still leaving space open for the interpretation of the individual or for input from the group. I also feel very, very happy that you are a sex-positive, queer friendly coach which can be hard to find!

I have valued learning about skills, and how they can be applied. I think you are patient, compassionate, and clear. I value the safe environment you create for your clients. Keep up the great work!

Lisa is a compassionate and truly caring instructor. I believe she truly cares about the future of everyone that walks thru her door. I do not think I would change anything about my experience.