Treatment of Personality Disorder
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Lesson series
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6 Speakers
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Level: Advanced
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Study time: 36 hours
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Video time: 36 hours
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Exams: no
Course overview
36 Training Hours
Speakers
Glen O. Gabbard
Otto Kernberg
Paul Links
Clara Mucci
Michaela Swales
Umberta Telfener
Otto Kernberg
Paul Links
Clara Mucci
Michaela Swales
Umberta Telfener

Lesson series
Treatment of Personality Disorder
WHAT'S INCLUDED
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6 Speakers
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36 Training Hours
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Live Zoom Webinars
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You will be able to see the live broadcasts on Zoom and also the recordings for 6 months
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Presenters slides available
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Certificate of attendance
LANGUAGE
ENGLISH
SPANISH
ITALIAN
SPANISH
ITALIAN
ONLINE TRAINING
TREATMENT OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS
TREATMENT OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS
SCHEDULE
Sat, Oct 2, 2021 h. 4PM – 8PM (Rome time)
Glen O. GABBARD
PSYCHODYNAMIC TREATMENT OF NARCISSISTIC AND OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDERS
In this seminar two of the most complex Personality Disorders will be discussed.I will begin with an updated overview of Narcissistic Personality Disorder. I will emphasise the pleomorphism of the narcissistic condition, as the disorder has many facets and can present itself in various ways depending on the characteristics and defences of the patient. Most of the seminar will be devoted to the diagnostic features and therapeutic approaches of this disorder. During the last part, I will discuss the diagnosis and treatment of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. Sat, Oct 2, 2021 h. 4PM – 8PM (Rome time)
Patrick Jones - Course author
Sat, Oct 9, 2021 h. 3PM – 7PM (Rome time)
Otto KERNBERG
NARCISSISTIC PATHOLOGY: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
The definition of normal and pathological narcissism will be followed by the exploration of descriptive, structural and psychodynamic aspects of the narcissistic personality disorder and the clinical syndromes that evince this pathology. Differential diagnosis, prognosis and alternative approaches to treatment will be followed by the detailed analysis of Transference Focused Pychotherapy, specifically adapted. The typical transference developments, their therapeutic management and the respective countertransference complications will be examined, and clinical illustrations will be provided. Two major areas of narcissistic pathology will be highlighted: the pathology of love relations, and the prognostic and therapeutic challenges of antisocial behavior.Sat, Oct 9, 2021 h. 3PM – 7PM (Rome time)
Patrick Jones - Course author
Seminar I | Thu, Oct 28, 2021 h. 2PM – 6PM (Rome time) Seminar II | Fri, Oct 29, 2021 h. 2PM – 6PM (Rome time)
Michaela SWALES
CONCEPTUALISING AND TREATING HIGH-RISK AND COMPLEXITY: WHAT DOES DBT HAVE TO OFFER?
Suicidal and self-harm behaviours are increasingly frequent; repetition and use of multiple methods of harm is a common issue for staff to address in both adult and child & adolescent mental health contexts. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) was the first cognitive-behavioural treatment to demonstrate efficacy in the treatment of personality disorders. Initially developed as a treatment for repetitive suicidal and self-harm behaviours in adult women with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality disorder (BPD) (Linehan, 1993), DBT is considered the best tested of the treatments for BPD (Stoffers et al, 2013) and has been adapted for use with a range of client groups (Swales, 2019). Studies in routine clinical practice (Swales, et al, 2016; Flynn et al, 2018) indicate that these outcomes are also deliverable outside of clinical trials. This workshop will highlight aspects of DBT that may relate to its effectiveness in cases of high-risk and complexity and consider what these aspects of the treatment may tell us about working with clients in these circumstances. The workshop will use a range of didactic and experiential methods including role-play with audience members and use of DVD material.
Patrick Jones - Course author
Sat, Nov 6, 2021 h. 9AM – 1PM (Rome time)
Clara MUCCI
HOW TO DIAGNOSE SEVERE PERSONALITY DISORDER
In this seminar, Clara Mucci will illustrate how to make a multidimensional and psycho-dynamic diagnosis of severe personality disorders (borderline, narcissistic), through the assessment of trauma levels and the presence of insecure and/or disorganised attachment with dissociative states between body and mind, using a practical grid she devised on the basis of various clinical cases.The integrated method of treatment presented is based on the restoration of affective regulation modes that should repair dysregulated states and destructive behaviours (overeating and bulimia, alcohol and body attachments from self-harm to suicidality). All levels of affective participation of the therapist, physical, emotional, mental, will be used in the practices of enactment and embodied witnessing, which aim to integrate through the dynamics of conscious and unconscious communication between body, mind and brain of one and the otherthe various traumatic experiences remained buried, deleted, dissociated or walled off in alexithymia, often of intergenerational origin. The therapist will lead us through clinical cases to the exemplification of how to proceed in the therapy of these challenging but also interesting patients.
Patrick Jones - Course author
Seminar I | Fri, Nov 12, 2021 h. 2PM – 6PM (Rome time) Seminar II | Fri, Nov 19, 2021 h. 2PM – 6PM (Rome time)
Paul LINKS
GOOD PSYCHIATRIC MANAGEMENT FOR BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER (BPD) AND NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER (NPD)
Good Psychiatric Management of patients with BPD is a generalist outpatient intervention for that can be effectively delivered by independent community mental health professionals. GPM consists of psychotherapy management using dynamically informed psychotherapy, based on Gunderson’s formulation on interpersonal hypersensitivity; case management, particularly focusing on the risk of suicide and symptom-targeted medication management. The evidence for GPM is primarily derived from a large randomized controlled trial showing that the clinical efficacy of GPM equaled that of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) (Main et al., 2009, 2012). Although GPM can be integrated with DBT some patients find GPM is more flexible, more attentive to patient’s goals, open to pharmacotherapy and split treatments and does not require an initial agreement to stop all self-harm. Although there is limited research on NPD, the consequences of pathological narcissism for clinical practice are very significant. For example, Ronningstan and Links have argued that narcissism has a unique association to the risk of suicide over and above the existence of comorbid depression. Recently, Good Psychiatric Management (GPM) that was developed for patients with BPD has been modified for patients with NPD. GPM for patients with NPD involves many of the same elements as the original GPM: diagnostic disclosure, psychoeducation, focus on life outside of treatment, progressing towards goals, psychodynamic and behavioral interventions, multimodal care and managing safety. Attention to managing risk of suicide in patients with pathological narcissism will be reviewed.The application of GPM to patients with BPD and NPD will be illustrated through case vignettes involving audience participation and discussion of various clinical decision points.
Patrick Jones - Course author
Seminar I | Fri, Jan 21, 2022 h. 9AM – 1PM (Rome time) Seminar II | Sat, Jan 22, 2021 h. 9AM – 1PM (Rome time)
Umberta TELFENER
THERAPY WITH NARCISSISTS
In psychotherapy, narcissistic clients are difficult clients whether met individually or in couples. They have to feel secure and interested, they cannot be challenged at first and stimuli have to be calibrated to keep them engaged.In the seminar we will start with clinical cases to talk about therapy with grandiose narcissists and with delusional narcissists, answer questions from the participants and - if there is a request - supervise some critical situations.
Patrick Jones - Course author
WHAT'S INCLUDED
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6 Speakers
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36 Training Hours
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Live Zoom Webinars
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You will be able to see the live broadcasts on Zoom and also the recordings for 6 months
-
Presenters slides available
-
Certificate of attendance
LANGUAGE
ENGLISH
SPANISH
ITALIAN
SPANISH
ITALIAN
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