Practitioners Training 

I have provided numerous training opportunities to psychologist’s, counsellors, occupational therapists, nurses, medical staff, GP’s, support workers and peer workers in working more effectively with Borderline Personality Disorder and on trauma-informed care. I have presented on the following topics:

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• How to run a DBT based skills group

• How to deliver pre-commitment in DBT

• How to structure and deliver individual DBT therapy

• Phone coaching

• Core skills for working well with Borderline Personality Disorder

• Understanding the development of BPD – the Biosocial model

• Using a DBT behavioural analysis to understand the behaviour

• Understanding BPD and recovery

• How to conduct a chain analysis

• Understanding the “D” in DBT – Dialectics

• How to develop a DBT formulation of a client’s difficulties

• What are validation and validation strategies

• The teaching of the DBT skills: Mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness

• Developing and maintaining client commitment

• Understanding, Recognising and preventing Stigma in BPD

• Managing extreme emotions in BPD

• Working with self-harm

• Developing a DBT-informed crisis management plan

• Understanding behavioural reinforcement

• Taking a non-judgmental and curious stance when working with BPD

• Managing your own self-care when working with BPD

• Understanding and working with dissociation in BPD

• What is trauma-informed care?

• When willfulness shows up – how to increase client willingness