BPD: Supporting Recovery Today and Tomorrow
February 26, 2010Please join us in Clearwater on Friday, April 23 at 8:00 am for our latest conference.
While borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a complex and serious mental illness, it’s important for healthcare professionals to understand that BPD is also highly treatable. This one-day conference will provide an overview of evidence-based treatment and care practices that actively promote and encourage recovery. At the conclusion of the program attendees will be able to describe the longitudinal course of BPD including etiology, prognosis, and remittance of DSM-IV-TR criteria over the course of the illness; describe the role of neuroplasticity in effective treatment; outline a theoretical model of recovery; and identify the obstacles to recovery from a patient’s perspective.
Topics include:
• The Good Prognosis Diagnosis: Exploring the Myths Surrounding BPD. Stacy Louk, PhD
• Emotional Regulation Strategies for Clients with Borderline Personality Disorder. Aaron Norton, LMHC, CAP
• Neuroplasticity: Significance in Treatment and Prognosis in Psychiatric Illness with Specific Implications for BPD. Emily Lazarou, MD
• I’ll Have What She’s Having: The Realities of Recovery. Gisele Requena, MA
• In the Here and Now: Strategies for Mindfulness. Joan Dyer, LCSW and Janet Waye, LCSW
• Helping Patients with BPD Overcome Emptiness: Plugging the Hole and Filling the Cup. Mardie Chapman, MA
• The Role of Family in Treatment for BPD. Nancy Gordon, LCSW
Lunch is provided. Contact Hours: 8 hours to Nursing, LMHC, LMFT, LCSW, Psychology. As always, individuals diagnosed with BPD and their friends and families are more than welcome to attend.
Click here to register at St. Petersburg College’s web site today.
