Pre-Conference Workshops
Pre-Conference Workshops
Pre-Conference Workshops
Date: Wednesday 1st November
Time: 8:30am – 12noon (GAP will start from 9am)
Location: Sydney Masonic Centre
Pre-Conference workshops will take place on the morning prior to the opening afternoon of the Congress and are available to book exclusively for those attending the Congress. If you do not register to attend the Congress, you will not be able to attend a workshop (the International Day for Lived Experience on Tuesday 31st October is an exception to this).
To book a workshop, complete your registration through the registration button below and select which workshop you would like to attend at the add-on stage of the process.
The workshops run concurrently on Wednesday 1st November so please ensure you book one workshop only.
For more information on each workshop, click the name in the table below.
*Please note, workshops are subject to change and may be cancelled if there are not enough registrations. Any fees will be refunded if this any cancellations occur.
| Workshop Name | Registration Fee |
BPD Compass: An Introduction to Cognitive Behavioral Modules for Personality Symptoms | $75 AUD |
| $75 AUD | |
| $75 AUD | |
GAP Meeting | Free |
| $20 AUD |
All prices quoted are including gst and in AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS.
Workshop Title:
BPD Compass: An Introduction to Cognitive Behavioral Modules for Personality Symptoms
Presenter:
Shannon Sauer-Zavala, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky
Details:
Educational Objectives:
(a) Participants will develop a case conceptualization for borderline personality disorder based on the personality dimensions that maintain symptoms of this condition: negative affect, antagonism, and disinhibition
(b) Participants will learn strategies to customize the delivery of BPD Compass based on the presentation of individual patients
(c) Participants will learn to administer therapeutic components of BPD Compass with patients with BPD and commonly co-occuring conditions
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Workshop Title:
Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for working with patients with Borderline and Narcissistic Personality Features
Presenter:
Kenneth Levy, Professor of Psychology & Associate Director of clinical training in the Department of Psychology at the Pennsylvania State University
Details:
Learning Objectives:
-Participants will be able describe the TFP model of psychopathology and treatment, including relevant theory and constructs
-Participants will be able to conduct an assessment of borderline personality disorder, including symptoms and psychological structure, gather relevant information about previous and current functioning, and make relevant differential diagnoses (e.g., bipolar disorder, depression, panic disorder, and PTSD)
-Participants will be able develop a realistic, collaborative TFP treatment frame with patients; list the responsibilities of each party. Anticipate difficulties based on a patient’s treatment history.
-Participants will be able share and describe a personality disorder diagnosis with patients, and describe and explain TFP methods.
-Participants will be able describe the steps in practicing TFP, including the assessment of BPD, providing patients with feedback, setting the treatment frame, using TFP strategies, tactics, and techniques, managing countertransference and analyzing transference.
-Participants will be able describe how to conduct a TFP session with a BPD patient, including the therapist attitude and stance, following the patient’s dominant affect, articulating object relation dyads, analyzing the transference trough clarifications, confrontations and interpretations, and using preparatory and supportive techniques as needed.
-Participants will be able describe the empirical evidence supporting TFP, including findings from randomized clinical trials, and meta-analyses, and how this evidence compares with other treatments for BPD.
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Sponsored by:
Workshop Title:
Clinical skills for working with young people with self-harm, suicidal ideation, complex trauma and personality disorder features: Project Air Strategy
Presenter:
Brin Grenyer, Senior Professor of Psychology at the University of Wollongong, Director of the Project Air Strategy for Personality Disorders
Details:
Learning outcomes
On completion of this workshop, participants will:
– Have an orientation to manualised tools and techniques, and how to apply them in the child, adolescent and young person context
– Strengthen skills in assessment and treatment based on core principles from research
– Increase their confidence and willingness to use both in-session and consultation-to-school and family strategies to improve outcomes
– Understand further some common challenges in the client-therapist relationship and process issues in therapy.
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Workshop Title:
GAP Meeting
Presenter:
Carla Sharp, Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Houston
Details:
In this workshop, GAP members will convene to (1) update each other on recent projects, studies and treatment developments and (2) to develop strategic planning for the further advancement of early identification, prevention and intervention for personality difficulties in young people.
Student Workshop Title:
Methodological skills for analysing data with multiple levels and time points and for using a qualitative approach
Presenter:
Charlotte van Schie, PhD, Psychologist and Research Fellow with Project Air Strategy at the University of Wollongong
Details:
Learning outcomes
On completion of this workshop, participants will
have an understanding of the application of multi-level analysis
have a sense of how to approach data exploration and visualisation
have an understanding of the role of qualitative data analysis
have a sense of how they may integrate qualitative and multi-level data approaches into their research
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