Day One of this two-day workshop provides a historical look at the development in our understanding of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), which includes current epidemiological studies and clinical presenting features. The survey leads to a formal description of BPD through the lens of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). The description will be broadened to include a discussion of deficits in emotion regulation, a broad term reflecting the capacity to literally “increase the positive and decrease the negative”. We discuss the origins of this very necessary capacity through the early caregiving environment where key processes necessary for emotional development emerge. The ‘biopsychosocial model’ is described, with particular emphasis on the necessity of emotional validation, and the role modelling of adaptive emotion-management behaviours.
General principals of treatment are described together with the key balancing act present in the therapeutic exchange - the imperative to change with the necessity of acceptance.
Participants will develop an awareness of the organisation and particulars of the core skill modules and will be able to see how a typical skill building session looks and feels like.
Day Two takes a more in-depth focus on the four modules, and the general therapeutic stance taken by a DBT practitioner. Participants will develop their understanding of how “Core Mindfulness” is understood and applied within the DBT framework. As part of this practical approach to learning the skills participants will have an opportunity to see several skills taught and
develop an experiential awareness of several key skills.
Participants will return to the key dialectic inherent in DBT – ‘change versus acceptance’ and will deepen their understanding of emotional validation techniques. Distress Tolerance skills will also be introduced, with specific interest on the crisis survival skills - a key skill-set for individuals at risk of self harm and suicidal behaviours. Temperature, Intense exercise, Paced breathing, and Paired muscle relaxation (TIPP) skills will be introduced, which have particular utility for nursing staff and other frontline health practitioners who may work with individuals in emotional crisis
John Butters is a Counselling Psychologist with specialist endorsement through AHPRA. He has worked as a psychologist since 1988, in both psychiatric and community health settings where he has coordinated DBT outpatient programs, provided individual psychotherapy and clinical supervision.
John has undergone training in psychodynamic psychotherapy - which has included a five-year intensive training in Self-Psychology. Between 2007 and 2012 he undertook advanced training in MBT (Mentalization Based Therapy) through the Anna Freud Centre (London) by Prof. Peter Fonagy and Dr Anthony Bateman and has a specific interest in this mode of treatment incorporated into his work.
He has taught a variety of short courses for training organisations and professional bodies including Think Education, Karitarne, AABCAP, CASPC, PDP, and PESI to name a few.
John is currently a clinical supervisor and clinician providing short- to long-term counselling and psychotherapy services in Pyrmont and Crows Nest, NSW providing treatment and supervision. He has specialist endorsement with AHPRA for counselling psychology.
Specialties: Short and long-term psychology support using a variety of evidence-based approaches including; CBT, DBT, MBT and psychodynamic therapies.
Lecturer and trainer in a number of core areas of discipline and supervisor of grad-students.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: John Butters receives compensation as a consultant. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: John Butters is a member of the Australian Psychological Society.
“Develop a practical and systematic way of working that is both deeply respectful and playful." John Butters
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DAY 1
Morning Session (includes a short break)
Afternoon Session (includes a short break)
DAY 2
Morning Session (includes a short break)
Afternoon Session (includes a short break)
This seminar has been designed to extend the clinical knowledge and applied skill of Counsellors, Psychotherapists, Coaches, Psychologists, Hypnotherapists, Social Workers, Community Workers, Mental Health Nurses and Psychiatrists.
DAILY SCHEDULE
Morning Session
9:00am - 12:45pm
Includes a 15 minutes break at 10:45am
Lunch Break
12:45pm - 1:45pm
Afternoon Session
1:45pm - 5:00pm
Includes a 15 minutes break at 3:15pm
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