Welcome home! You are in the right place if you have been struggling in emotional storms, and want some help! Or perhaps you have a loved one who is lost in the sea of their emotions, and are looking for a life-saver to throw them.

Do you identify with some of these below?

-Are you a sensitive person?
-Often feel overwhelmed?
-Difficulty trusting others? (and even yourself at times?)
-Fearful or worried about being rejected or abandoned?
-Are you an over-thinker? -Tend to fixate?
-Does overthinking impact your sleep or focus?
-Is your nervous system over-reactive- e.g., in fight, flight, flee, or fawn, easily startled?
-Do you sometimes act impulsively when overwhelmed? (e.g., overspending, or risky sexual behaviour, or over/under eating, or self-harming, or suicide attempt?)
-Are your significant relationships stressful?
-Have you experienced early or complex trauma (C-PTSD) or relate to symptoms of borderline personality?

                              Surviving Emotional Storms can help!
                                                               
                                                                   Surf the waves of emotions
                                                                 - Ride out the storm by building distress tolerance                                                                        skills
                                                                  -Harness your super-power of sensitivity
                                                                  -Gain control over your emotions to reduce                                                                                  overwhelm and impulsivity

Connect with your inner WISEMIND
-Calm your mind
-Soothe your senses
-Restore your nervous system
-Learn to trust again- wisely
-Build healthy relationships



                                                                    Plan a better future path
                                                                   -Create, visualise, align with your desired future
                                                                   -Cultivate your personal values
                                                                   -Align your sub-conscious to stop self-sabotage
                                                                   -Stay connected to your goals and future vision


If you identify with/ or have been diagnosed with Borderline Personality (BPD), borderline traits, or Complex PTSD (C-PTSD), I can imagine you have already been on quite a journey to get here. Over many years of working as a specialist with this population, and in my research, I have heard many stories of brave people trying to access the right support.

Many people looking for help say they felt different and struggled early on in life, and searching for help started for some with their doctors, in schools, with school counsellors, and public child and youth services. Many people I have worked with and researched felt misunderstood, invalidated, misdiagnosed. In my doctoral research I found that these stories were so common that I coined the term the help-seeking-invalidation-loop.

Not getting the right help- as early as possibly- I believe- increases NZ's high suicide rates. Did you know we have one of the highest suicide rates in the entire developed world? Many people are only diagnosed with BPD after a suicide attempt. Public waitlists for treatment can be very long, and in the private sector there are a lack of experts, and so specialists can also be unavailable or have very long wait lists.

My mission is to is to bridge the access to care gap, and help reduce and prevent suffering and risk for those who identify with borderline personality/ traits, and early and complex trauma. 

This is a significant piece of my life's work- I have invested years of my life (in research, trainings, clinical practice, and finances) to bring together a premium program where I can offer my expertise directly to you, in the best possible way. I have developed a life-changing program that includes a special blend of evidence based interventions, consumer input, and a touch of woo! (See more info in tabs)









I have just published a beautiful book, over 600 colourful pages, which is the heart of the program, exclusively for those enrolled in an Surviving Emotional Storms program. I am super excited to roll this out, and support you with your recovery!

Dr Jennifer Beckett
Psychologist, Author, Creator of Surviving Emotional Storms Program
B.A (Psych), Hons (Psych), M.A (Psych), PGDipPsychPrac, PhD. MNZPsS, MACBS