Skills for working with BPD 101: An Introduction to BPD
As it is helpful to see BPD in a trauma-informed context, this topic has been amalgamated into the Introduction to Complex Trauma 101 (with a brief look at dissociation) training with Diane Clare.
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We apologise for any inconvenience caused. If your organisation is interested in having Diane Clare present a private face-face or online workshop specifically on BPD, to between 20 - 40 members of your team, please contact Faye Johnson for more information.
The following is available as a private workshop for your organisation
This training is an introduction to skills for working with those with BPD, and will examine and address, the following questions regarding Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD):
What is personality?
How does personality become disordered?
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
Why does BPD have such an impact on staff?
How is BPD most effectively managed and treated?
How do we support the client and their families effectively.
Diane Clare will provide attendees with practical skills for working with those with emotional intensity difficulties.
The workshop will also provide a brief introduction to the STEPPS™ (Systems Training in Emotional Predictability & Problem Solving programme, explain why this approach is so helpful in responding to clients with consistency, and why it lends itself well to a cultural approach with Maori and Pacific cultures due to working with the client’s support system.
Many practitioners have said that the skills learned in this workshop have been useful to apply to a wider range of clients than solely to those with borderline personality e.g. people with emotional intensity problems or impulse control problems.
Please Note: this workshop may touch on emotional issues such as grief and/or trauma, and some of the material covered in our workshops may be sensitive or triggering to certain participants. We encourage everyone to practice self-care and either reach out to us, or directly discuss any concerns with our presenter.
Learning Outcomes:
Through gaining a fuller understanding of BPD and what is working in supporting these clients, participants will gain a new set of resources and related skills that can be applied to their practice, and the training will provide increased confidence when working with these clients who can be challenging for services. Staff’s assessment and conceptualisation skills regarding borderline personality disorder will be enhanced.
It will provide specific guidance for all mental health professionals in evidence-based psychological treatment for personality disorders, and complex trauma, and will dispel the common myths about Borderline Personality Disorder – what it is, and what it is not.
Recommended pre-workshop reading
Some additional reading that may be of interest are the UK National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines on self-harm. Although, these are really part of Alternatives to Self-Harm training, for BPD clients this can be a key issue.
Self-harm: assessment, management and preventing recurrence - visit the NICE quality standard on self-harm website
Who Should Attend:
In addition to therapists and MH professionals in both primary and secondary level care, this workshop is also for front-line staff with no, or little psychological training, who may be struggling with how to work with these clients.
It is suitable for those working in social services, health and law enforcement, including:
Emergency Room staff, Crisis Telephone Helpline staff
School counsellors and teaching staff
Community mental health staff
Police and Probation Officers
Youth justice counsellors
Key Workers, Unit Managers, Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers
General Practitioners
Psychologists & Psychiatrists RTLB, Therapists, and Licensed Practicing Counsellors
It will particularly suit those in NFP’s, community-based outreach services, community organisations, and those working with specific groups including young people or people with comorbid substance use.
NOTE - This workshop has previously been offered as face-face training. If your organisation is interested in having Diane present face-face to between 20 - 40 members of your team, please contact Faye Johnson for more information.
If you do not have sufficient numbers within your team, we recommend you consider opening the training up either to other Branch’s of your organisation or other region-based community agencies you work with. We have worked with many organisations this has worked well for - contact us for further information.
2nd workshop - Skills for working with BPD 201: A more in-depth look into BPD
Contact us to express your interest in BPD 201 which will provide participants the chance to take an in-depth look at your own casework, drawing on the issues in a little more detail.
The following peak bodies and organisations recognise that the training we offer is of a high quality, evidence based and relevant for their members CPD.
Presenter
Diane Clare
BA, MA (Hons), Dip. Clin. Psych., AFBPS
Memberships: NZCCP, MNZAP, ISSTD
Accredited Practitioner in EMDR (she served on the EMDRNZ Board for over 5 years including as Vice Chair).
Fellow of ISSTD (International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation).
Diane Clare is a registered Consultant Clinical Psychologist who trained at the University of Canterbury. Diane has worked in mental health and counselling services since 1981, first as a grief counsellor then as a psychotherapist, before becoming registered as a psychologist in 1993. She has worked in leadership and Director level roles across a range of services in both NZ and the UK including primary care, adult mental health, forensic, intellectual disability and tertiary student services.
While in the UK in 2005 she developed the Alternatives to Self-Harm programme and has presented her work internationally since 2012. Diane is a seasoned presenter and provides a range of workshop options with an emphasis on practical solutions for clinical staff. She has a specialist interest in working with people recovering from the effects of complex trauma.
As a Fellow of ISSTD, Diane has been recognised as offering an outstanding contribution to this field and to the work of ISSTD. As an Accredited EMDR-NZ Practitioner, she continues to offer support to others through supervision, training and complex assessments.
ZOOM details for private workshops
Workshops run 9 am - 3 pm
This is an interactive workshop with breakout room activities and we therefore ask all participants to have their own computer / laptop with a working camera and mic as this makes interaction with the breakout room activities and discussions easier and enhances the learning for all.
Note: this webinar will not be recorded.
Please see below for links to Diane's other online workshops.
Other workshops with Diane Clare
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