Hi my name is Kate Emily Brinly. I’m a qualified and experienced BPD Recovery Coach and Senior Peer Facilitator. I’ve founded Each Person Counts and from my own lived experience, I coach people through the distressing rollercoaster ride that is a life labelled with Borderline Personality Disorder. I also advocate for survivors of childhood sexual abuse and people experiencing Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD).
I’m really passionate about raising awareness that the symptoms of BPD are usually very normal and ordered responses to different forms of childhood trauma. In my work I refer to research and studies that support this view which is also shared by many other people in the helping professions.
People with BPD may or may not be consciously aware of their unresolved childhood trauma because this is the nature and effect of traumatic experience particularly that experienced in early childhood.
75% of people with BPD attempt suicide and 1 in 10 are so distressed, that they kill themselves. This is a tragic global statistic that highlights the extent of suffering currently being experienced by people with BPD.
I personally feel that the current Borderline Personality Disorder label is inappropriate and contributes to the stigma and misinformation surrounding BPD – however, I can only work with what we’ve got at this time.
I’m also passionate about raising awareness that BPD is a fully recoverable condition. It is not a life long experience. In time, the majority of people go into remission from BPD. We can learn emotional and thought regulation skills that allow us to not only live a life worth living but thrive.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy is the most evidenced based form of treatment for BPD and I can personally attest that a quality program I completed has worked for me.
Based on 20 years of dedicated study and practice in healing and mindfulness I’ve created a free YouTube Recovery Hub for anyone around the world to access – check it out here.
PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
Crisis Telephone Counsellor
Youth Worker
Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Counsellor and Advocate
Families and Parenting Advisor Department of Human Services
Case Manager and Employment Advisor Job Services Australia
Peer Support Facilitator Voices Vic
Peer Group Facilitator Community Mental Health
Consumer Consultant Inpatient Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Service
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING
Bachelor of Social Science
Diploma of Health Science (Holistic Counselling)
Certificate in Criminal Justice Administration
Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment
Motivational Interviewing
Intentional Peer Support
IREST Yoga Nidra Certification
Systemic Family Constellations
Working with Individuals Who Use Self Destructive Behaviours Workshop
Lived Experience Workforce Training
Trauma Informed Care, Optimal Health, Deescalation Training
AOD Peer Workforce Workshop
Time For Change Peer AOD Training
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
Internal Family Systems Introduction
Hearing Voices Approach, Hearing Voices Group Facilitation, Voice Profiling, Open Dialogue and Indigenous Approaches to Extraordinary Experiences Workshops
Diagnosing and Working with Complex Trauma Workshop
Emotion Focused Therapy Workshop
PUBLIC SPEAKING PRESENTATIONS AND ENGAGEMENTS
Recovery with Hope and Optimism
Peer Facilitators as Role Models of Post Traumatic Growth
Compassionate Spirituality within the Psychotic Experience
Using IREST Yoga Nidra an Evidenced Based Form of Treatment to Heal Complex PTSD
Honouring and Following My Vocational Path
I’ve found all of the work that I’ve engaged in to be intrinsically rewarding and valuable.
These same principles drive me in my current role as a BPD Recovery Coach.