Abstract

Self-compassion cultivation program (SCCP) is an intervention recently developed for prevention of borderline personality disorder (BPD). This program was based mainly on the stages of recovery from traumatic disorders, the concept of self-compassion, and compassionate mind training (CMT), given that trauma and inability to soothe and reassure oneself have been regarded as the key sources of BPD. In this paper, two cases, one female and one male undergraduate student with the features of BPD who participated in the SCCP group therapy, were reported. Both cases showed increases in self-compassion and positive affect, and reductions in emotion dysregulation, negative affect, and depression at post-treatment as compared with pre-treatment. They also showed increases in self-compassion and positive affect, and reductions in emotion dysregulation, negative affect, depression, and stress response at one-month follow-up as compared with pre-treatment. In addition, results indicated that the features of BPD of both cases at follow-up were below the screening cutoff score. Finally, the implications of these findings and direction for future research were discussed.