Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder and Increasing Effectiveness in Your Work 

When

Friday, January 24, 2020 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST
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Where

Association for Mental Health and Wellness
2040 Ocean Avenue
Training Room
Ronkonkoma, NY 11779

 
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Contact

Christina Steudte, LMHC
Association for Mental Health and Wellness
631-471-7242 ext 1330
csteudte@mhaw.org
This workshop will focus on the defining features of borderline personality disorder and other similar disorders that are characterized by pervasive emotional dysregulation. Validation strategies and skills to build strong working relationships will be emphasized. This workshop will also increase participants' understanding of working with individuals who often present in crisis.

Who Should Attend: 

Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, Creative Arts Therapists, Marriage and Family Therapists, and any professional that is working in the mental health field.    

Learning Objectives:

  • Participants will learn the defining features of borderline personality disorder (BPD).
  • Participants will understand the characteristics of emotional dysregulation.
  • Participants will be able to explain the biosocial theory of BPD.
  • Participants will learn how to use validation and relationship effectiveness skills as tools to decrease emotion dysregulation.

 

APPROVED FOR 3 CE HOURS (LMSW/LCSW/LMHC/LCAT/LMFT)

Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers. (Provider #0156)

Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. (Provider #MHC-0014)

Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists. (Provider #MFT-0010)

Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists. (Provider #CAT-0004)
 

*New York State Office of the Professions (NYSED) regulations require that participants attend the entire approved educational activity in order to receive continuing education credits, from 9:00am-12:00pm. 

Certificate of completion will be provided at the end of the workshop.

Registration fee: $75.00

***No Refunds will be issued for cancellations ***

About the Presenter


Dr. Kim Lynn Lehnert is the Director and Owner of DBT Psychological Services of Long Island. She has been providing Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) since 1995. Dr. Lehnert has completed intensive trainings in DBT and has directed several hospital-based and private practice-based DBT programs. Dr. Lehnert was a national trainer for Behavioral Tech, which specializes in the dissemnation of DBT, and has been providing trainings and workshops since the 1990's. Dr. Lehnert received her PhD in Clinical Psychology in 1997 from Case Western Reserve University and is a New York State licensed Clinical Psychologist.