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WORKING WITH PERSONALITY DISORDER:
THE ADDRESS COURSE.

Personality disorder training from one of the UK's leading providers of intensive short courses.

     
   
 
   
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A 3-day course for 6-16 people.


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Background:

Combines relevant aspects of cognitive therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy and motivational interviewing into a clear and systematic intervention for personality disorder.

A 3 day course describing a clear, systematic and effective intervention for personality disorder.

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In 3 days you will cover a great deal:

•  The concept of personality and personality disorder

•  What makes you think this person is suffering from a personality disorder? Identifying
   the key attributes that are problematic for the person.

•  Forming a conceptualisation: what lies behind the problem and what is maintaining it?

•  Obtaining data and analysing it. When and where does the problem occur: triggers and
   consequences.

•  Generating insight in the person that certain aspects of what they do and/or the way the
   see things is causing problems. Raising their own observations to the status of
   knowledge. Includes conveying the case conceptualisation to the person concerned.

•  Plan a better strategy for the person responding to the situations that cause problems
   for them. Includes the possibility of teaching new skills such as social skills, distress
   tolerance, relaxation techniques, empathy increase and others. Appropriate formats
   (1:1 or group) for each of these tasks.

•  How to support the person in implementing the plan. Includes different modes of working,
   such as 1:1, telephone support, group formats, etc.

•  How to help the person sustain the progress they achieve by developing and
   implementing a maintenance plan.

•  Building and maintaining the relationship. Including the problems associated with
   different types of personality disorder, and their resolution. Relation-fractures and
   repairs thereof.

•  Validation and the nurturing of the person’s self efficacy. ‘How to do’ these elements that
   are key to personality disorder.

•  How to facilitate the person’s learning from experience. Part of personality disorder often
   involves poor assimilation of experience and yet ‘learning from your mistakes’ can rapidly
   erode fragile self-efficacy. Powerful strategies for resolving this conundrum.

•  Supporting yourself: for your own good and the good of your colleagues and those you
   work with. Personality disorder is an area that is demanding both technically and
   emotionally, so to have proper support ‘built in’ is important.

•  Case studies: prepared studies to analyse and ‘solve’; applying ADDRESS™ to your own
   current cases.

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What this course will do for you:

•  It will provide you with (a) a proper understanding of personality disorder and (b) a clear
   and systematic sequence of steps to consistently deliver successful interventions.

•  It will equip you with skills that are essential to working with personality disorder, many
   of which can be transferred to other areas of your professional and personal life.

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Who should attend:

All professionals who work with people diagnosed as ‘personality disordered’, whether in community, inpatient or secure settings. Appropriate professional groups are: psychiatric nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, psychologists and psychiatrists.


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A 3-day course for 6-16 people.
We bring the training to you for an all-inclusive fee of £4,165 plus VAT.

 
We are happy to provide our courses anywhere in the world for the standard UK fee plus the cost of one business class return airfare from the UK to the location of the course.


  


Target Training Day also available on this topic – see Targeted Training Days.

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"A must-do course for all staff."
 
Course Delegate
 
 
"Brilliant, excellent. Waited 10 and a half years for this course."
 
Patrick O’Brien, CST Manager
 
 
"Riveting and extremely professionally presented. Would recommend others to do this course, definitely."
 
Glynis Thomas, Day Services Manager


"This was an excellent course, very well presented, informative and useful. Both the theory and practical sessions were interesting and useful and the opportunity to revise information for quizzes helped to consolidate learning."
 
Marie Ansell, Mental Health Practitioner
 
 
"Educative and excellent use of visual aids which actually matched the handout contents, which if one of the, if not the best I have ever received. I felt valued and never felt 'stupid' when faced with new terminologies, as clear and simple explanation was given."
 
A Subratty, Staff nurse
 
 
"A really worthwhile course that both enhances practice and knowledge."
 
David Bailey, Systemic Psychotherapist

 
"Course was excellent from beginning to end."
 
Marianne Kilgour, Community Care


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