Psychotherapeutic management of Personality Disorders

PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS: Course Structure

Session 1: Theories of Personality Disorder

•  Evolutionary Theories

•  Biological Theories

•  Psychoanalytic Theories (Freud, Horney, Erikson)

•  Humanistic Theories (Rogers, Maslow)

•  Behavioral Theories (Pavlov, Skinner)

•  Social Cognitive Theories (Bandura, Rotter)

•  Trait Theories (Allport, Catell, Eysenck, Myers Briggs, Big 5)

Sessions 2 and 3: Overview of Personality Disorder

• Classification, Signs and symptoms, diagnosis, general principles for treatment and

• important considerations for personality disorders

• Epidemiology, etiology, clinical picture, diagnostic criteria & differential diagnosis for each

• personality disorder from Cluster A, B and C

Session 4: Psychotherapeutic Management of Cluster A Personality Disorders

•  Rapport formation with resistant patients

•  Insight building

•  Cultivating empathy

•  Social skills Training

•  Supportive Psychotherapy

•  Cognitive Behavior Therapy

•  Detailed case discussion

Sessions 5 and 6: Psychotherapeutic Management of Cluster B Personality Disorders

•  Contingency Management

•  Cognitive Behavior Therapy

•  Dialectical Behavior Therapy

•  Systems training for emotional predictability and problem solving (STEPPS)

•  Mentalization based Therapy

•  Transference-focused psychotherapy

•  Schema-focused therapy

•  Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

•  Trauma Informed Care

•  Detailed case discussion

Sessions 7 and 8: Psychotherapeutic Management of Cluster C Personality Disorders

•  Assertiveness Training

•  Motivational Interviewing

•  Social Skills Training

•  Supportive Psychotherapy

•  Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Perfectionism

•  Detailed case discussion