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Antisocials, Borderlines, Narcissists & Histrionics: Effective Treatment for Cluster B Personality Disorders

Program Information

Target Audience

Counselors, Social Workers, Psychologists, Psychotherapists,Therapists, Addiction Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Case Managers, Nurses, Other Mental Health Professionals

Objectives

Determine how the changes with the DSM-5® impacts diagnosis and treatment of the Cluster B Personality Disorders.
Analyze and diagnose clients with antisocial, narcissistic, histrionic and borderline Personality Disorders to effectively inform your choice of treatment interventions.
Utilize case studies to differentiate symptom overlap, effective treatment and emotional management of each Cluster B Personality Disorders client type.
Manage the manipulative and potentially violent behaviors with your clients diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder in session to make therapeutic progress.
Employ CBT techniques to clarify behaviors, values and goals with clients diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
Integrate techniques to decrease explosive emotions, self-harm tendencies and cravings for chaos for clients diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder.
Utilize MI and DBT techniques with clients diagnosed with Histrionic Personality Disorder to help manage cognition and improve emotional regulation.

Outline

The Personality Mystique

DSM-5® criteria
Treatment errors and misdiagnoses
Core and/or surface structure and the role of the clinical disorders
Differential diagnoses
Five central components to accurate diagnosis
Insulate your clients against risk factors

Antisocial Spectrum

Oppositional defiance to psychopath
Attachment
Manage and avoid in-session violence and threats
Secondary gains, suicide attempts and threats
Overcome blockades – manipulation, threats, power struggles and more
Symptom presentation and risk analysis to self and other
Interpersonal theory techniques for compliance
Balance transference and countertransference
Lessen destructive behaviors
Cognitive-behavioral experiential techniques to lessen pathology
Psychotropic medications
Case studies and treatment exercises

Narcissistic Spectrum

Narcissistic presentation and the environmental context
Attachment and pathological narcissism
Tackle the veneer of perfectionism
Overcome blockades – power struggle, absent empathy, excessive criticism
The narcissistic/borderline client
Interpersonal strategies for empathy engagement
CBT techniques to clarify behaviors, values and goals
Tactics to avoid arguing
Motivational Interviewing to overcome resistance
Prevent sabotage
Build a sense of true self
Case studies and treatment exercises

Histrionic Spectrum

Moody to excited to histrionic: the erratic client
Attachment
Coquettish behavior, avoidance drama, inauthenticity
Dangers of the histrionic client
Link between emotions and behavior
Interpersonal strategies to encourage expression of true self
Enhance sense of self and lessen the “spotlight”
Motivational Interviewing techniques
DBT techniques
Interpersonal strategies to build positive relationships
Strengthen self-initiative and independent action
Psychotropic medications
Case studies and treatment exercises

Borderline Spectrum

Symptom presentation along the spectrum
Attachment
Feeling identification and behavioral control
Manage self-harm and suicidality
Rage-ful outbursts, self-mutilation, boundary violations
Create stability and build therapeutic collaboration
Develop true sense of self and lessen maladaptive need for attention
Facilitate pattern recognition
Lessen the impact of maladaptive patterns
Underlying wishes and fears
Build DBT core mindfulness skills
DBT techniques to dissolve the distraction and focus on the “genuine relationship”
Calm interpersonal upheavals with DBT
DBT emotion regulation skills
Psychopharmacology and applicability
Case studies and treatment exercises

Limitations of the Research and Potential Risks

Copyright : 08/12/2016

Personality Disorders: Unavoidable challenges and effective solutions

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Target Audience

Counselors, Psychotherapists, Psychologists, Social Workers, Addiction Counselors, Case Managers, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, Mental Health Professionals

Objectives

Diagnose different personality disorders, and separate comorbid diagnoses and disorder overlap
List and summarize the ethical pitfalls, legal liability, and effective risk management
Describe the key components of CBT, IPT, DBT, IRT, and other treatment applications, including interventions, working models, and the integration of therapies
Identify and block maladaptive behaviors in your client
Explain how to increase therapist confidence and success when addressing and treating complex personality disorders
Describe the etiology of various personality disorders and how this can better assist with treatment planning and reduction of symptoms

Outline

Where Did This Come From and What is it?

Personality and how it becomes aberrant
Development, stability, and change in personality disorders
The big questions and concerns with personality disorders
DSM-5^® and alternatives to the current DSM-IV-TR^® classification model

Foundations and Challenges of Personality Disorders “Every Psychopathology is a “Gift of Love”

Cluster A
1. Paranoid Personality Disorder
2. Schizoid Personality Disorder
3. Schizotypal Personality Disorder
Cluster B
1. Antisocial Personality Disorder
2. Borderline Personality Disorder
3. Histrionic Personality Disorder
4. Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Cluster C
1. Avoidant Personality Disorder
2. Dependent Personality Disorder
3. Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

Personality Disorders and Comorbid Treatment More Than Meets the Eye

Identification of the most challenging personality disorders
Core and/or surface structure and the role of the clinical disorders
Therapeutic collaboration with those with personality disorders
Maladaptive patterns of personality disorders
Interpersonal patterns and presentation in treatment
The microcosm of therapy and personality disorders

Unique Ethical Challenges in Working with Personality Disorders

Ethical complaints and how to manage them
Who? Sue me? – Risk of litigation
Competence and boundaries of competence
Liability and risk management
Staying out of trouble

Efficacious Treatment with Personality Disorders

What research is telling us
What our experience is telling us
Not even they want to be here – working with mandated clients
Working with what works

Evidence-Based Approaches and Their Application to Personality Disorders

Where do we start? The best utilization of evidence based treatments
Slippery slope or a piece of cake; increase your clients collaboration
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Interpersonal Therapy
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Interpersonal Reconstructive Therapy

“In My own Skin” – Skills to Prevent Compassion Fatigue

Finding great resources, general practitioners and psychiatrists
Support systems, inside and outside the field
Building our own emotional competency
Metacognitive strategies for wellness and professional and personal success
Where do we go from here?

Copyright : 06/12/2013

Significance of Attachment in the Treatment of Personality Disorders

OUTLINE

Attachment and Personality

Attachment Beginnings
Intrapersonal & interpersonal components
The attachment/personality connection

Attachment and Personality Disorders

Paranoid, Schizoid, and Schizotypal
Dependent, Avoidant, and Obsessive-Compulsive
Histrionic, Narcissistic, Antisocial, and Borderline

Include Attachment Components in Treatment

Elements of attachment treatment approach
Flipping expectations
Building collaboration
Coping patterns
Paradoxical interventions

OBJECTIVES

Utilize attachment style to move your clients forward in therapy.
Identify attachment patterns in each personality disorder and how it’ll manifest in your client.
Learn how to implement techniques to address attachment patterns and pathology in your clients.

Program Information

Target Audience

Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Case Managers, Addiction Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, and other Mental Health Professionals

Objectives

Utilize attachment style to move your clients forward in therapy.
Identify attachment patterns in each personality disorder and how it’ll manifest in your client.
Learn how to implement techniques to address attachment patterns and pathology in your clients.

Outline

Attachment and Personality

Attachment Beginnings
Intrapersonal & interpersonal components
The attachment/personality connection

Attachment and Personality Disorders

Paranoid, Schizoid, and Schizotypal
Dependent, Avoidant, and Obsessive-Compulsive
Histrionic, Narcissistic, Antisocial, and Borderline

Include Attachment Components in Treatment

Elements of attachment treatment approach
Flipping expectations
Building collaboration
Coping patterns
Paradoxical interventions

The Narcissism Epidemic: Consequences and Treatment Techniques

OUTLINE

Causes of narcissism

What is narcissism?
Genetic, environmental, and cultural causes

Consequences and correlates of narcissism

Materialism
Vanity
Entitlement
Antisocial behavior

How to help narcissists and those around them

Treating narcissists: Getting them to recognize the downsides of narcissism
Advising the partners, children, parents, and co-workers of narcissists: Strategies including avoidance, flattery, and reframing messages to show the benefit to the narcissist

OBJECTIVES

Discuss the types of factors that can cause narcissism
Describe strategies for the treatment and support of the narcissist

Program Information

Target Audience

Addiction Counselors, Counselors, Teachers/Educators, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, Psychologists, Social Workers, and other Mental Health Professionals