Putting People First in Mental Health
Through conferences and workshops for clinicians, the Gunderson Personality Disorders Institute aims to increase quality of care and access to treatment for patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD).
Course topics include dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), general psychiatric management (GPM), mentalization-based treatment (MBT)—offered in conjunction with the Anna Freud Centre for Children and Families, and transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP)—offered in conjunction with TFP-New York.
Who attends
This 2-day workshop will outline current gaps and lack of a consensus in understanding the self before reviewing an evolutionary approach to selfhood. The course will describe the role of the self in personality disorder and different forms of self pathology, outline the implications of this model for both diagnostic classification and treatment of personality disorders, and demonstrate good clinical practice through case vignettes.
This 3-day workshop will focus on understanding and addressing difficulties in self-harm and interpersonal relating and supporting the development of an adolescent’s resilience to further psychopathology through enhancing mentalizing, social connectedness, and the adolescent’s sense of agency as they work toward adulthood.
This 8-hour, self-paced continuing education course for health care professionals offers training in an empirically validated treatment approach to borderline personality disorder (BPD) known as general psychiatric management (GPM). The course utilizes group discussion, video clips, and clinical vignettes to promote interactive learning and a comprehensive understanding of the treatment.
Clinicians seeking advanced proficiency in treatment modalities are encouraged to register for upcoming clinician supervision offerings. Virtual sessions are run by Dr. Lois Choi-Kain and other certified trainers.
Supervision offerings include general psychiatric management (GPM), mentalization-based treatment (MBT), transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP), and more.
McLean Hospital provides professional education opportunities for a wide range of mental health and allied health professionals, including psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, nationally certified counselors, nursing home administrators, and educators. Our fully accredited programming attracts a broad base of health providers for further training in a variety of specialties.
The Gunderson Personality Disorders Institute at McLean Hospital was founded in 2013 to elevate awareness and training for evidence-based treatments for BPD and accompanying psychiatric conditions.
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