Gregory Lester – Personality Disorders: The Challenges of the Hidden Agenda

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Gregory Lester – Personality Disorders: The Challenges of the Hidden Agenda

The Client whose problems are met the DSM-5® criteria for a Personality Disorder can be cured the The most difficult client to treat in your caseload. They might require more therapy time, more energy, and more involvement from you, so they may be more difficult to treat. of Life crises can cause more distress for the patient’s family, work and social networks than any other diagnostic group.

Often being “sent” They may prefer therapy over choosing therapy. Their motivation for change is limited, and they are likely to have personality disorders.-co-Morbidity with other exacerbating conditions

Keep an eye out Gregory W. LesterYou will receive a PhD and a comprehensive approach to dealing with these demanding clients.

Take home:

• Do you have evidence?-Skills that can be used to treat patients with success
• Techniques for diagnosing and treating comorbid personalities
• A framework to plan treatment
• Assistive skills the Client toward greater coping and adaptation

1. You can categorize the essential characteristics of Each of the DSM personality disorders-5® for clinical assessment.
2. Decide the “hidden agendas” of Each of the Personality disorders and case conceptualization.
3. Discuss how countertransference and transference can impact clinical management and treatment outcomes.
4. Please explain the In each case, there are boundless boundary violations traps of the Personality disorder relationships and how they relate to clinical treatment.
5. Use tools early to determine prognosis and treatability. the therapy.
6. Evaluate the efficacy of There are many treatment options for personality disorders, including DBT or CBT.
7. Manage client’s suicidality, self-With clinical strategies, you can reduce violence and injurious behavior.

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Learn the DSM-5® Personality Disorder System

• What is personality? Where does it come from?
• Attachment-the lifelong problem
• Personality Pathology: Genetics vs. Family vs. Friends vs. Fate
• Personality Disorders
• Category or Spectrum
• Complex or discrete
• Bump in the Road or End of the Line
• Why can’t we all just get along?

”It’s All About Me.” The Challenge of the Hidden Agenda

• The Core of the personality disorder The unchanging agenda
• A review of the DSM-5® personality disorders and their agendas:
  • Criteria changes:
    • Schizotypal
    • Narcissistic
    • Antisocial (and Psychopaths!)
    • Borderline
    • Avoidant
    • Obsessive-Compulsive
    • What is Trait Specified?
    • General Criteria Personality Disorders
    • Levels of Personality Functioning
    • Personality Trait Domains

Actually, It’s All About You

• Transference & Countertransference
• What does it look like to have countertransference and transference in your work?
• Boundary crossings, and boundary violations
• How to recognize when you’re headed for disaster, and what to do to stop it

What Works and What Doesn’t With Personality Disorders

• Polypharmacy and the borderline client
• All forms of DBT, CBT, and all the Rest-Which therapy is right for you? What’s the evidence and what’s the Truth
• Each disorder has its own therapy strategy, but they are generic and extremely useful.
• Some disorders are hopeless

Nobody Gets Hurt: Violence, Suicide & Manipulation

• Self-injurious behavior
• The Frustration of recurrent suicidal behavior
• Assessment of suicide risk
• Safeguarding yourself

Limitations of Research and possible risks