Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Core Competency Workshops (2-days)

[If this workshop is not able to be delivered in person due to imposed COVID-19 restrictions, it will be reverted to an online workshop or rescheduled]

Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd August 2024

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Core Competency Workshops (2-days) - This CPD Activity has been approved by the APS (13.5 hours)

As generalist treatments emerged to provide less specialised treatments for borderline personality disorder (BPD), researchers have identified the commonalities shared by both specialist and generalist treatments. These are referred to as the ‘common factors’ in psychological treatment. This BPD Core Competency Workshop has been developed with consideration to these common factors in the hope that an understanding of the core competencies may assist clinicians to contribute to the recovery journey of people with BPD.

The aim of the workshop is to upskill mental health professionals to work effectively with people experiencing BPD and their families. Mental health professionals can effect positive changes in people with BPD and their families at every single clinical interaction whether at community mental health facilities, private psychology clinics, emergency departments, general practice, private psychiatry practices, inpatient mental health facilities or mental health support service settings.

The workshop will cover the ten core competencies that mental health professionals require to enable them to work effectively with people with BPD as follows:

1. Understanding BPD (including symptoms, prevalence, causes and evidence-based treatments)
2. Co-existing disorders in BPD
3. Treatment principles
4. Treatment structure
5. The therapeutic relationship
6. Skills development focus
7. Partnering with families, partners and carers
8. Working with suicidal and non-suicidal self-injury behaviours
9. Clinician self – awareness
10. Focus on recovery

Learning Objectives: On completion of this workshop participants will be able to:

1. Recognise that BPD is a legitimate condition resulting from the interplay between biological, genetic, environmental, psycho-socio-cultural and spiritual factors

2. Recognise that BPD rarely exists in isolation and that when there are coexisting conditions, these need to be treated concurrently

3. Identify how to apply a principle-driven approach when working with people with BPD

4. Use a structured therapeutic framework, developed and delivered in collaboration with the person that provides the foundation and scaffolding for effective treatment

5. Build a therapeutic relationship with the person with BPD, a cornerstone of effective treatment

6. Develop an effective skills toolbox that can be shared with the people they work with to build their repertoire of adaptive coping strategies

7. Collaborate with family, partners and carers when working with people with BPD, in a way that fosters recovery, unless it is unsafe to do so

8. Utilise Spectrum’s Risk Matrix as a dynamic framework for accurately assessing and working with suicidal and non-suicidal self-injury behaviours.

9. Value the importance and practice of self-awareness and self-reflection for clinicians and teams working with people with BPD.

Recognise that people can and do recover from BPD.

Presenters:

Katrina Bull is a Senior Clinical Psychologist and trainer at Spectrum with the DBT and workforce teams. She is a certified DBT therapist with the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification and has completed advanced training in the DBT Prolonged Exposure Protocol for PTSD. Katrina has over 15 years’ experience in public and private youth and adult mental health services in Australia and the UK, specialising in treatments for BPD, PTSD, Complex PTSD and brief suicide intervention.

Dr Samantha Tabak is a senior clinical psychologist and board-accredited supervisor. She has over a decade of experience working in Child and Youth Mental Health services, psychiatric triage, intensive outreach teams, and early psychosis, utilizing psychotherapy frameworks such as MBT, DBT, ACT, and Open Dialogue-informed therapy, and is currently part of the Complex Care Service at Spectrum. She also works with young people and their families in private practice. Samantha believes in a person-centred and collaborative approach to treatment and support.

Who should attend? This workshop is for mental health workers, allied health workers, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, nurses and medical practitioners with an interest in working with people with BPD and who are currently working in the public, private and community sectors.

This CPD Activity has been approved by the APS (13.5 hours)

Cost: $500 (payable by credit card only). If you are a member of the APS you are entitled to a $50 discount. Please email spectrumtraining@easternhealth.org.au with your APS registration/member number to access the promo code.

Lunch: A light lunch, morning and afternoon tea including a vegetarian selection is provided.

Getting to Spectrum: Spectrum is located at 110 Church Street, on the corner of Church Street and Tweedie Place. Entrance is via the front of the building, to the right of the Skoda car dealership.

Public transport:

• Tram 78 on Church Street. Alight at Tweedie Pl/Church Street (Stop 63).
• Tram 109 on Victoria Parade (about a 5 min walk to 110 Church Street)
• Tram 75 on Bridge Rd (about a 7 min walk to 110 Church Street)

Car parking:

There is very limited 2-hour street parking available in the area. All day parking is available in:

• 35 Elizabeth Street, Richmond – 11 minute walk (about $16 a day)
• 1 Allowah Terrace, Richmond – 12 minute walk (about $15/day)
• Doonside St, Richmond – 14 minute walk (about $10/day
• 679 Victoria St, Abbotsford, Australia – 20 minute walk (about $10 a day)

Cancellation policy: If your circumstances change and you no longer can attend this event, please log into your Eventbrite account and cancel your ticket and request a refund no later than one (1) week prior to the event. A refund will not be issued if notification has not been received within this time frame and you will be required to pay for the event.

General enquiries: Email spectrumtraining@easternhealth.org.au or phone Spectrum (03) 8413 8750.

COVID-19 Update: To ensure a COVIDsafe event, please do not attend if you:

• Show symptoms of COVID-19, including cough, fever, runny nose, shortness of breath
• Have been recently diagnosed with COVID-19 and released from self-isolation on day 5 or day 6
• Are a close contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case