Personality Disorders—A Trait-Based View: Providing a new lens for assessment and treatment

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Dr Luke Hockey, MAPS, FCFP Related seminars and products

Receptive Psychology

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Dr. Luke Hockey is an endorsed forensic psychologist with over 10 years’ experience working with individuals with personality disorders. He has worked in private practice, public and private prisons, hospitals and for not-for-profit community organisations. Luke has delivered lectures and training workshops for Deakin University, ISN Psychology College, the APS College of Forensic Psychologists, and government departments. He is passionate about working with challenging clients and providing avenues for change, as well as assisting other clinicians to develop their skills in this area. Luke currently works in private practice, treating a variety of clients, writing psycho-legal assessment reports for court and providing supervision to other mental health professionals.

Objectives

1. Develop an understanding of the categorical and dimensional approach of personality disorders and how they differ
2. Develop an understanding of formulation using the dimensional approach
3. Learn practical skills to use when undertaking treatment with this population
4. Develop an understanding of the importance of the therapeutic relationship with this population
5. Understand why, in order to effectively treat an individual with a personality disorder, clinicians must address the trauma history

How Will you Benefit From This Training?

• Understand a new approach to formulating, assessing and treating individuals with personality disorders that aligns with the current literature
• Broaden and deepen your understanding of your clients with personality disorders
• Learn practical treatment skills that you can use with your clients 

Outline

Morning Session 

• Overview of the 10 personality disorders from both the categorical and dimensional (trait-based) lens
• How the 10 personality disorders, as viewed from the trait-based perspective, correlate to risky behaviours such as self-harm, substance use and offending behaviours
• Discussion of whether personality changes over time at the trait level and how this relates to our work as clinicians

Afternoon Session

• Treatment approaches within the trait-based lens, including how the following modalities have been typically used to treat personality disorders: DBT, Schema Therapy and Mentalisation-Based Treatment
• Discussion on trauma: the forms it can take, why it is so important to process it, and evidence-based therapeutic modalities that allow you to do so
• Treatment challenges, including the manipulation of interpersonal boundaries and what to do with a client who doesn’t want to be there
• Brief overview of the research on the effectiveness of treatment for personality disordered individuals

Target Audience

This presentation is intended for clinicians working in mental health including psychologists, psychiatrists, counsellors, social workers and mental health nurses.

The material is intended to introduce the theory and clinical practice for application following the training.

Webcast Schedule

Morning Session
9:00am - 12:30pm (includes 15-minute break at 10:30am)

Lunch Break
12:30pm - 1:00pm

Afternoon Session
1:00pm - 4:30pm (includes 15-minute break at 2:45pm)

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