• Learn the importance of shifting the responsibility of the treatment of the self-injurer from the therapist to the patient.
• Understand the impact a person with Borderline Personality Disorder has on the family and people close to him/her.
Description:
A history of self-mutilating behavior is one of the 9 indicators of Borderline Personality Disorder. Self-injury is one of our society's fastest-growing and most disturbing problems. Alarming and horrifying, self-abuse is a widely misunderstood and dangerously mistreated psychiatric disorder. What motivates self-injury? And most puzzling: how is it that things like cutting, gouging, and burning one's body actually make the injurer feel better? That being the case, what possible therapeutic intervention can compete? This course is comprised of the following: Karen Conterio, CGF, CADC & Wendy Lader, Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, "Self-Injurious Behavior" and Paul Mason, MS. "Impact on Families."
Approval Bodies:
Professional Development
Florida Dept. of Health (Board of Social Work, Marriage & Family, Mental Health Counseling)
NAADAC, National Association for Addiction Professionals
National Board for Certified Counselors
Florida Board of Nursing
Association of Social Work Boards Approved Continuing Education (ACE)
California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP)
CAADE - California Association for Alcohol/Drug Educators
Connecticut Certification Board, Inc.
Pennsylvania Certification Board
Florida Board of Psychology
California Board of Registered Nursing
California Association of DUI Treatment Programs (CADTP)
