Evidence-Based Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder:

21 Simple Strategies for Helping Your Most Complex Clients

Presenter: Dr. Jeff Riggenbach

Course Content Level: Beginner & Intermediate

Target Audience: Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Social Workers, MFTs, Counselors

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Continuing Education Credit Info:

Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) - Eligible for 4 CE credits

Envision Counselling & Consulting, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Envision Counselling & Consulting, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program.

American Psychological Association - 4 CE credits

Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

For more information, see the CE section at the bottom of the page.

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Live Online Via Zoom (Time Zones):

8 am - 12:15 pm Pacific Time Canada

9 am - 1:15 pm Mountain Time Canada

11 am - 3:15 pm Eastern Time Canada

Can't Attend Live? Your registration gives you 60 days access to the recording!

Workshop Description:

In this 4 hrs. presentation, Dr. Riggenbach will discuss evidence-based treatment for borderline personality disorder. Attendees will learn to identify maladaptive schemas that drive BPD destructive behaviors.

Strategies to address and eliminate destructive behavior such as suicidal behaviors will be provided.

Dr. Riggenbach will also discuss individual treatment versus group treatment and explain the distinct roles for each when treating BPD.

Attendees will leave this workshop equipped with 21 simple strategies for Helping their most complex clients.

Learning Objectives

1. Identify 7 evidence-based treatments for borderline personality disorder

2. List the 18 maladaptive Schemas that drive BPD destructive behaviors.

3. Utilize 3 behavioral pattern breaking interventions to help clients break lifelong destructive behavior all cycles.

4. Explain the 8 motivations that drive suicidal and para suicidal behaviors in individuals with BPD and treatment implications for each.

5. Distinguish between individual treatment versus group treatment and explain the distinct roles for each when treating BPD.

6. List 18 behavioral skills training interventions for symptom management and eliminating destructive behaviors

7. Describe 3 cognitive strategies for changing thought processes driving target behaviors

Agenda 9 am - 1:15 pm MT

9 – 9:30 am

Etiology

• Traits vs Learned Habits

• Genetic concordance rates

• Environmental risk factors

Demographics

• Treatability

• Gender distribution

• Hospitalization rates

9:30 – 10 am

Why was there ever an “Axis II?”

• Diagnostic criteria and everyday language

• Differential Diagnosis with Bipolar disorder

• 8 Motivations for non-suicidal self-injury

BPD Made Easy

• Diagnostic criteria and everyday language

• Differential Diagnosis with Bipolar disorder

• 8 Motivations for non-suicidal self-injury

10 – 10:15 am

Evidence-Based Treatments

• Cognitive and behavioral approaches

• Dynamic-based approaches

• Treatment packages

Break 10:15 - 10:25 am

10:25 - 11:30 am

Integrated Treatment Model

• Levels of cognition

• Beliefs drive behaviors

• 18 maladaptive schemas

• Behavioral pattern-breaking

Case Conceptualization

• Individualized client roadmaps to recovery

• Treatment planning

• Agenda setting

• Documentation

Treatment set up

• Consent, agreements, and contracting

• Individual treatment versus group treatment

• Session Acuity protocol

Break: 11:30 - 11:40 am

11:40 am- 1 pm

Skills Training Groups

• Motivational Tools

• Standard CBT Tools

• Emotion Regulation Tools

• Distress Tolerance Tools

• Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills Individual Therapy

Individual Therapy

• Diary Cards

• Complex Chain Analysis

1 – 1:15 pm

Q & A

About Your Presenter

Jeff Riggenbach, PhD is a best-selling and award-winning author who has earned a reputation as an international expert in Cognitive approaches to treating personality disorders. Over the past 20 years he has developed and overseen CBT-based treatment programs for Mood disorders, anxiety disorders, addictive behavior disorders and Personality Disorders at two different psychiatric hospitals and clinics serving over 3,000 clients at multiple levels of care. Dr. Riggenbach trained at the Beck Institute of Cognitive Therapy and Research in Philadelphia, is a Diplomat of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, and is a certified cognitive therapist. He has trained over 20,000 professionals worldwide including audiences in all 50 United States, The UK, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.

Dr. Riggenbach is the author of six publications including his most recent release The CBT Toolbox (2nd ed): A Workbook for Clients, Clinicians, and Coaches.

Jeff is known for bridging the gap between academia, research findings, and day-to-day clinical practice, and his work has earned him the reputation for being “the practical tools guy.” His seminars on CBT, DBT, and Schema Focused Cognitive Therapy routinely receive the highest evaluations from conference participants in terms of clinical utility as well as entertainment value.

Continuing Education:

*Certificates with CE credits are provided at no extra cost!

Satisfactory Completion

Participants must have paid tuition fee, logged in and out each day, attended the entire webinar, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate. Failure to log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates will be available following the 4 hrs course completion.

***If participants watch the recording version of the presentation, they will have access to Self-Study CE credits after completion of a short quiz.

Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) - Eligible for 4 CE credits

Envision Counselling & Consulting, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Envision Counselling & Consulting, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program.

American Psychological Association (APA) - Eligible for 4 CE credits

CE credits for Psychologists:

Envision Counselling & Consulting, Inc. is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision Counselling & Consulting, Inc. maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Social Workers:

Alabama

The Alabama State Board of Social Work Examiners accepts CE credits by APA approved sponsors. Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

California

The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE credits by APA approved sponsors. Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Delaware

The Board of Social Work Examiners accepts CE credits by APA approved sponsors. Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Florida

The Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy and Mental Health Counselling accepts CE credits by APA approved sponsors. Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Illinois

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) accepts CE credits by APA approved sponsors. Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Kentucky

The Kentucky Board of Social Work accepts CE credits by APA approved sponsors. Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Missouri

The Missouri State Committee for Social Workers accepts CE credits by APA approved sponsors. Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Oregon

The Board of Licensed Social Workers accepts CE credits by APA approved sponsors. Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Pennsylvania

The State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors accepts CE credits by APA approved sponsors. Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Licensed Professional Counselors (LPC)

Alabama

The Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling accepts CE credits by APA approved sponsors. Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Alaska

The State of Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing Board of Professional Counselors accepts CE credits by APA approved sponsors. Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

California

The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE credits by APA approved sponsors. Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Florida

The Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy and Mental Health Counselling accepts CE credits by APA approved sponsors. Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

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