Borderline Personality Disorder: Advancing Understanding and Treatment 

Please join us at St. Petersburg College's Health Education Center in Pinellas Park on Friday, May 20 from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm for our latest conference.

With a lifetime prevalence rate of almost 6%, BPD is an important public health issue that impacts countless lives. This special event will provide an overview of current research about BPD as well as supporting evidence-based treatments for this severe mental illness.

We are very excited to have Stacy Pershall join us as a special guest for this event. Miss Pershall is the author of Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl and speaks regularly at events throughout the United States. Her book is published by WW Norton.

Conference Sponsors

FBPDA is honored to have the following fine organizations and mental health professionals participate as conference sponsors:

Emily Lazarou, MD

Lifeskills South Florida

Timberline Knolls

Topics and Speakers

• Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl. Stacy Pershall, MFA
• DBT Skills for Your Toolbox: Strategies to Get Through the Moment Without Making Matters Worse. Jancey Wickstrom, LCSW
• Shame Resilience and BPD. Heather Rippl, JD
• Helping Patients Find Meaning in the Midst of Emptiness. Stacy Louk, PhD, LMHC 
• The Importance of Psychoeducation in Treating Borderline Personality Disorder. Alysa Ray, PsyD
• Living with Emotion Dysregulation: Reality, Resiliency, and Recovery. Sherri Anderson, BSW, MLA
• The Role of Family in Treatment for BPD. Nancy Gordon, LCSW

The cost for the conference is $89 for health care professionals and $49 for students, individuals diagnosed with BPD, and their families. Lunch is included.

Contact Hours: 7 hours to Nursing, LMHC, LMFT, LCSW, CAP, Psychology. Partial credit will not be allowed.