Hey you guys,

In my country, basic health care is sort of free, which is great, and this includes a 5 (or 6?) times free visit to a psychologist and an infinite number of visits to a psychiatrist. Now, as we all know, the "treatment" for BPD would be a sort of a psychotherapy which is more than 5-6 visits. Therefore most psychologists won't start a serious therapy for "free".

So basically I don't have any options here as I can't afford non-free medical care in any forms. I'm gonna try to make the best out of it, but...

I'd like to hear opinions on actual therapies. How good are these therapies, and how much can such a thing change your condition? What if I learn a lot about my "illness", can I make it better by myself? In other words... how is professional therapy better than "helping yourself"? Knowing that therapy requires your work too, isn't it more like placebo? Is it possible to work around it and do most of the work on like internet research or something?

TLDR; does it worth the money? Isn't it just as helpful if you educate yourself and try to do your best?

Any thoughts or opinions appreciated. Thanks.