Personality Disorder Certification
This online course will consist of 6, 4 hour sessions. The program will be streaming live on
Friday, April 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2024
Registration will close on Monday, April 1, 2024
Recorded footage and all course content (certificate, videos, quiz) will be available until June 15, 2024. Participants are encouraged to attend the live sessions to be able to interact and participate in group discussions/activities. Extensions cannot be granted under any circumstances. Please allow 1 – 3 business days after the session airs for recorded footage to become available.
Workshop Description:
Learning Objectives:
Agenda:
Session 1 - Assessment and Diagnosis
Introductory Remarks and Certification Course Opening
Rationale for the training and “sneak peak behind the curtain”
Etiological Considerations and Biopsychosocial Model
Making a Personality Disorder Diagnosis
Rationale for Making a PD Diagnosis and Telling the Client
History of personality conceptualization in DSM & why an “Axis II?”
Categorial vs. Dimensional Models and Current Conceptualization
Clinical Distinctions
Cluster A Diagnosis
SchizotypalPD - Schizoid PD
Paranoid PD
Cluster C Diagnosis - 30 Min
Avoidant PD
DependentPD - OCPD
Non-BPDCluster B Diagnosis
HistrionicPD
Antisocial PD
Narcissistic PD
Making a BPD Diagnosis
Subtypes
Having “the talk” with clients and family
Differential diagnosis (Emphasis on Bipolar DO andPTSD)
Motivations for Non-suicidal self-injury and treatment implications
Summary,Q&A, and Dismissal
Session 2 - Evidence Based Treatment and Case Conceptualization
EvidenceBased Treatments
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Schema Therapy
Mentalisation Based Therapy
Transference Focused Psychotherapy
Interpersonal Group Therapy
Integrated Treatment Approach
DBT
Mindfulness
Emotion Regulation Skills
Distress Tolerance Skills
Interpersonal EffectivenessSkills
CBT
Socialization to the model that elicits client buy-in and improves outcomes
Problem solving strategies
Beliefs in 3 areas that impact client symptomatology and presenting problems
SFT
Jeff Young’s 18 Early Maladaptive Schemas
Characteristics of Schemas
Schema Maintenance
Case Conceptualization
Roadmap to Recovery
Treatment Planning
Documentation
Summary, Q&A and Dismissal
Session 3 - Treatment, Part 1
Non BPD Treatment Strategies
Schizotypal PD Schizoid PD Paranoid PD
Avoidant PD Dependent PD OCPD Histrionic PDAntisocial PD Narcissistic PD
Treatment Set Up: The Underpinnings of Successful Outcomes
“TheFrame” - Treatment Agreements
Structure of Programming
Consent for Treatment
Skills Training Groups Standard CBT Skills
Symptom-targeted strategies
Relationship management
Labeling BPD distortions
Elicitingand restructuring BPD specific cognitions
Anger management
Summary, Q&A, and Dismissal
Session 4 - Treatment, Part 2
SkillsTraining Groups DBT Skills
Mindfulness
Grounding exercises
The Function of feelings
Emotional Intensity and regulation work
Distraction techniques
Soothing strategies
Opposite action
Radical acceptance
Improving the moment
Developing mastery
Interpersonal effectiveness skills
Individual Therapy
The thinking of the therapist
Diary cards
Session acuity protocol
Complex chain analysis
Dealing with therapy-interfering behaviours
Integrated case study
Schema Groups
Schema psychoeducation
Behavioural pattern-breaking - Schema construction
Data logs
Internalisation exercises
Mode Dialogues
Relapse Prevention and Ending Treatment Well
Warning signs for relapse - “Episode management” - “Ways I know I’m Better” - The “road to recovery”
Booster sessions
Relapse prevention plans
Summary, Q&A, and Dismissal
Who Should Attend:
Clinical Professionals: All mental health professionals including, but not limited to Clinical Counsellors, Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Social Workers, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Hospice and Palliative Care Workers, School Counsellors, Youth Workers, Mental Health Workers, Addiction Specialists, Marital & Family Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Vocational Rehabilitation Consultants and all professionals looking to enhance their therapeutic skills.
