The Intersection of Borderline Personality Disorder and Substance Use
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and substance use often occur together, yet the relationship between the two is frequently misunderstood. Join Emotions Matter for The Intersection of Borderline Personality Disorder and Substance Use, a live seminar exploring the connection between BPD and substance use, current treatment approaches, and perspectives grounded in both clinical and lived/family experience.
Presented by Margaret (Maggie) T. Davis, PhD, licensed clinical psychologist, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, and Director of BPD Outreach and Education for the Yale Department of Psychiatry, and Jonathan Coico, LCSW, Outpatient Services Clinical Lead at Silver Hill Hospital, private practice clinician, and Emotions Matter Board member.
Join us to:
Learn more about the relationship between BPD and substance use
Explore current approaches to treatment for individuals with co-occurring BPD and substance use
Gain insights informed by clinical expertise, research, and family advocacy
Wednesday, August 12 | 7 PM ET / 6 PM CT / 5 PM MT / 4 PM PT via Zoom
About the Presenters
Margaret (Maggie) T. Davis, Ph.D.
Dr. Davis is a licensed clinical psychologist and Associate Professor in the Yale Department of Psychiatry, co-appointed in the Department of Psychology with expertise in the treatment and assessment of trauma-related psychopathology. Dr. Davis’ research focuses on identifying neurobiological mechanisms underlying the relationship between trauma, borderline personality disorder, substance use disorder, suicide behavior, and functional impairment. Clinically, Maggie has training and expertise in prolonged exposure, cognitive processing therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (various protocols), and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). She serves as the faculty lead for data integration and research management for the Yale New Haven Health Adult Behavioral Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), Chair of the Scholarship Committee for the Yale Predoctoral Internship Program, and Director of BPD Outreach and Education for the Yale Department of Psychiatry.
Jonathan Coico, LCSW
Jonathan Coico, LCSW, serves as an Emotions Matter Board member. He earned his undergraduate degree from Columbia University in the City of New York and his Master of Social Work degree from New York University. Currently, he serves as Outpatient Services Clinical Lead at Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, CT, where he designs, launches, and facilitates new group programming, manages all outpatient clinicians at Silver Hill Hospital, teaches MSW students, performs assessments, and other hospital-related leadership duties. Jonathan also owns Jonathan M. Coico LCSW PC, specializing in the treatment of severe personality pathology and high risk cases (including treatment of patients and families, as well as advocacy work in the BPD community)
