Recognising Personality Disorders and Managing Difficult Behaviours - Reviewing the ten personality disorders and their associated challenging behaviours with a focus on Borderline and Narcissistic disorders

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Renata Porzig-Drummond, PhD, BSc Psychology (Hon), Grad Dip Psychology, BA, Cert Holistic Couns Related seminars and products

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Renata Porzig-Drummond, PhD, is a highly experienced professional development facilitator, specialising in applied psychology for over 15 years. Renata is passionate about behaviour change and her interests include emotional intelligence, positive psychology, and workplace communication.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Renata Porzig-Drummond has employment relationships with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, the University of Adelaide, and the Australian College of Applied Professions. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Renata Porzig-Drummond is a member of the Australian Psychological Society, the International Coaching Federation, and the Anxiety Practitioners Network.

Objectives

Learning objectives of this training:

1. Understanding key characteristics of personality disorders.
2. Recognising associated behaviours.
3. Understanding the lived experience.
4. Learning about strategies to manage some of the challenging behaviours associated with personality disorders, particularly BPD and NPD.

“This seminar will focus on skills in identifying symptoms of personality disorders, and how to manage some of the associated challenging behaviours.”     Renata Porzig-Drummond

How will you benefit from attending this training?

• Learn to identify symptoms of the ten personality disorders.
• Learn to recognise the associated behaviours.
• Understand causes, comorbidities, and the lived experience of consumers.
• Learn to manage the challenging behaviours associated with personality disorders.

Outline

Morning Session (includes a short morning tea break)

• Brief overview of the 10 personality disorders:

  • Causes (psychological and biological)
  • Comorbidities and prevalence
  • Assessment
  • Evidence-based treatments

• Exploration of the three Cluster A and three Cluster C personality disorders, as well as Histrionic and Antisocial Personality Disorders (Cluster B):

  • Symptoms
  • Identification of symptoms in case studies
  • Lived experience (including audiovisual material/ interviews with consumers)
• Strategies for managing difficult behaviours.

Afternoon Session (includes a short afternoon tea break)

• Exploration of the most prominent two Cluster B personality disorders: Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD):

  • Symptoms
  • Identification of symptoms using case studies
  • Lived experience (including audiovisual material / interviews with consumers)
  • Strategies for managing challenging behaviours

Evaluation and post-test - your payment includes a free post-test which when completed with a minimum of 80% correct answers, will enable you to download your Attendance Certificate.

To complete the test, please log into your account at pdp-catalogue.com.au and click the orange "Certificate" button under the program's title. 

For live webcasts, post-tests must be completed within one week of viewing the program. (There is no deadline to complete the post-test for digital downloads)

Target Audience

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)