New Ways of approaching Borderline Personality Disorder: Insights on Trauma & Addiction

United Kingdom · CPD points & talks · Psychologists

UK psychologists, gain transformative insights into Borderline Personality Disorder. Dr. Jana Lazarus presents a novel approach, reframing BPD as 'devoted habits' and integrating trauma-informed care, addiction paradigms, and transpersonal psychology. This talk offers actionable strategies for overcoming therapeutic challenges, adapting 12-Step recovery principles, and cultivating authentic connections to support both clients and practitioners across the United Kingdom.

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) presents profound challenges for clinicians, often testing the limits of traditional therapeutic approaches. In this insightful webinar, Dr. Jana Lazarus introduces a novel framework that integrates trauma-informed care, addiction paradigms, and transpersonal psychology to address BPD's complexities.

Dr. Lazarus conceptualizes BPD as a constellation of "devoted habits," suggesting that 12-Step recovery principles can be effectively adapted for therapeutic use.This approach emphasizes authentic human connection, radical acceptance, and practitioner self-care, offering a path toward resilience for both clients and clinicians.

Through exploring common therapeutic impasses, the interplay between trauma and addiction, and the requirements for effective intervention, this course provides valuable insights for mental health professionals seeking alternative strategies in treating BPD.

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Learning Outcomes

By the end of this talk, participants will be able to:

Personality Disorders: Theoretical framework and formulation
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy : Distress tolerance
Emotionally dysregulated clients: Supporting Families - 5. Mindfulness and the brain
DBT and CBT: Demystifying Differences
Structure as a Pathway to Connection: The Imago Dialogue as Relational Practice
What Really Builds Resilience? A Practical Overview of the "FUEL Your Resilience" Model
Structure as a Pathway to Connection: The Imago Dialogue as Relational Practice
Working with Death, Illness and Loss
Binge Eating: A clinical & psychoanalytic perspective
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