By watching Personality Disorders in Social Work and Health Care, thousands of practitioners have learned the concepts and techniques necessary to understand, treat, and manage clientele with the difficult conditions called personality disorders. Often considered “untreatable” or “hopeless,” Dr. Lester’s course taught practitioners that there are indeed effective management and treatment approaches. Participants learned how to identify personality disorders, assess them, and apply effective intervention models.
Participants’ success in using Dr. Lester’s approach to treating personality disorders has led to an unprecedented demand for advanced training. This recording was produced in response to that demand and offers instruction in assessing, managing, and treating these disorders at the “specialist” level. It is designed to provide practitioners with cutting-edge skills and a high level of expertise to utilize when working with individuals, couples, families, and children.
Speaker
Gregory Lester, PhD
Gregory W. Lester, Ph.D., is a clinical, consulting, and research psychologist with practices in Colorado and Texas. Dr. Lester has presented over 2,000 personality disorders trainings to over 200,000 professionals in every major city in the United States, Canada, and Australia. In his nearly 40 years of clinical practice, Dr. Lester has treated over 1,000 personality disorder cases and has performed psychological evaluations on over 2,500 individuals.
Dr. Lester has served on the graduate faculty of The University of St. Thomas and as a special consultant to The United States Department of Justice. Dr. Lester’s office served as one of the original research sites for the DSM-5® revision of the personality disorders section where he collaborated with Emory University, the New York State Psychiatric Group, The University of Missouri, The University of Kentucky, and the late Dr. Robert Spitzer, chairman of the DSM-3 committee.
Dr. Lester is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Texas Psychological Association, and the Colorado Psychological Association. He is the author of nine books, including Power with People, a manual of interpersonal effectiveness, Shrunken Heads, an irreverent memoir of his graduate school training, and Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management of Personality Disorders, which is the largest-selling front-line clinical manual on diagnosing, treating, and managing personality disorders.
Dr. Lester’s research and articles have appeared in publications including The Journal of the American Medical Association, The Western Journal of Medicine, The Yearbook of Family Practice, The Journal of Behavioral Therapy, The Journal of Marriage and Family Therapy, The Handbook of Depression, Transactional Analysis Journal, Living Word Magazine, The Priest Magazine, and The Houston Lawyer.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Gregory Lester maintains a private practice. He is a consultant for Improvement Research Group. He is a published author and receives royalties. Dr. Lester receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Gregory Lester is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Texas Psychological Association, and Colorado Psychological Association.
Target Audience
Case Managers
Counselors
Psychologists
Social Workers
Drug and Alcohol Counselors
Marriage & Family Therapists
Nurse Practitioners
Psychiatric Nurses
Physicians Assistants
Psychiatrists
Objectives
Develop tools to perform integrated and flexible brief, short-term, and extended treatments
Recognize how to diagnose and treat personality disorders in couples and families
Outline diagnosis and treatment options for personality disorders and comorbid conditions in children
Identify expanded methods for managing the behavior of individuals with personality disorders
Examine the latest data on prescribing and the use of medications with personality disorders
Integrate the five essential elements of all treatment approaches into practice.
Outline
THE EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS
The five essential elements of all treatment approaches
The integrated “Fluid” model
The use of short-term dynamic formats
The use of short-term supportive formats
The use of short-term cognitive-behavioral formats
THE EFFECTIVE TECHNIQUES
Techniques for increasing motivation for change
Techniques for building observing ego capacity
Techniques for constraining drama
Techniques for building problem-solving abilities
Techniques for eliciting new behaviors
Techniques for developing new traits
EXPANDING BEHAVIORAL MANAGEMENT
How to take, and keep, control of the relationship
How to break up old behavioral and relationship patterns
How to elicit new behaviors
TREATING PERSONALITY DISORDERS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
How personality disorders differ in children and adolescents
Diagnosing personality disorders in children and adolescents
Common comorbid conditions
Child and adolescent treatment formats
Child and adolescent treatment techniques
TREATING DISORDERED COUPLES
Distressed vs. conflictual couples
Working with “interlocking” disorders
Conjoint vs. individual treatment approaches
TREATING DISORDERED FAMILIES
Personality disorders and family therapy
Disordered families vs. disorders in families
MEDICATIONS
What the research on the use of medications shows
What medications have been shown to—and shown not to—accomplish
When to avoid medications altogether
How to know if medications are working
SPECIAL TOPICS AND “HOW-TOS”
Group treatment
Crises
Liability and safety issues
Suicidality
PRACTITIONER ISSUES
Self-care
Counter-transference
Managing personality disorders in personal life
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