Gregory W. Lester – Borderline, Narcissistic, Antisocial and Histrionic Personality Disorders: Effective Treatments for Challenging Clients
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- Faculty:
- Gregory W. Lester
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 14 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- May 15, 2019
Description
Outline
Understanding Personality Disorders
- Updates to DSM-5® and future changes
- The real purpose of diagnosis
- Treatment errors and misdiagnosis
- Core vs. surface structures
- Four central components to diagnosis
Antisocial Character
- Understanding psychopathology
- Developmental progress in childhood
- Oppositional defiance
- Attachment and family of origin
- Primary defenses and affects
- Importance of personal power
- Managing in-session violence
- Suicide attempts and threats
- Blockades – manipulation and power struggles
- Risk analysis to self and other
- Interpersonal theory techniques
- Transference and countertransference
- Lessen destructive behaviors
- Cognitive-behavioral techniques
- Psychopharmacology and applicability
- Case studies and treatment exercises
- Differential diagnoses
Borderline Character
- Symptom presentation along the spectrum
- Attachment and family backgrounds
- Feeling identification and behavioral control
- Manage rage, boundaries, self-mutilation and suicidality
- Facilitate pattern recognition, create stability, and build therapeutic collaboration
- Develop true sense of self and lessen maladaptive need for attention
- Underlying wishes and fears
- Build DBT core mindfulness skills
- DBT techniques to dissolve distraction, calm interpersonal upheavals, and focus on the “genuine relationship”
- DBT emotion regulation skills
- Psychopharmacology and applicability
- Case studies and treatment exercises
- Differential diagnoses
Narcissistic Character
- Narcissism and environmental contexts
- Attachment and family backgrounds
- Primary defenses and affects
- Tackle the veneer of perfectionism
- Blockades – power struggles, empathy and criticism
- The narcissistic/borderline client
- Interpersonal strategies for empathy
- CBT techniques to clarify behaviors, values and goals
- Tactics to avoid arguing
- Motivational interviewing to overcome resistance
- Prevent sabotage
- Build a sense of true self
- Psychopharmacology and applicability
- Case studies and treatment exercises
- Differential diagnoses
Histrionic Character
- Moody to excited to flamboyant: the erratic client
- Attachment and family backgrounds
- Primary defenses and affects
- Coquettish behavior, avoidance drama, inauthenticity
- Dangers of the histrionic client
- Link between emotions and behavior
- Interpersonal strategies for expression of true self
- Enhance sense of self and lessen the “spotlight”
- Motivational interviewing techniques
- DBT techniques
- Interpersonal strategies for positive relationships
- Strengthen self-initiative and independent action
- Psychopharmacology and applicability
- Case studies and treatment exercises
- Differential diagnoses
Faculty
Gregory W. Lester, Ph.D. Related seminars and products: 9
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 Sates 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: Gregory Lester is in private practice. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Gregory Lester is a member of the American Psychological Association; the Colorado Psychological Association; and the Texas Psychological Association.
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