Communicating with Borderline, Anti-social Personality Disorder and other Difficult Clients: Letting Go of the Struggle

Communicating with Borderline, Anti-social Personality Disorder and other Difficult Clients: Letting Go of the Struggle

Dates and Locations:

September 12, 2007, Kirksville, MO – Day’s Inn

September 18, 2007, St. Louis, MO – Marriott St. Louis Airport

September 19, 2007, Cape Girardeau – Drury Lodge

Registration Fee:

$109.00

Program Description:

This workshop will focus on early identification of even subtle conflicts in the therapeutic relationship and will offer effective strategies for reducing or eliminating power struggles both in the therapy relationship and in day-to-day interactions with such clients in a ward or residential setting.

Program Presenter:

Ronda Oswalt Reitz, PhD, is a consultant and trainer in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). She specializes in the development and maintenance of DBT treatment programs and teams in mental health delivery systems. She provides public and private trainings and consultation across the U.S. focusing on systems including community mental health, intensive outpatient programs, juvenile detention facilities, and acute, long-term, and forensic inpatient programs. She currently works for the Missouri Department of Mental Health in the development of DBT programming state-wide, and with Behavioral Tech, LLC, the treatment dissemination company founded by Marsha Linehan, PhD.

Continuing Education Credits:

The University of Missouri-Columbia Missouri Institute of Mental Health (MIMH) will be responsible for this program and maintain a record of your continuing education credits earned. The Missouri Institute of Mental Health will award 4.0 clock hour or 4.6 contact hours (.5 CEU) for this activity. MIMH credit will fulfill Clinical Social Work and Psychologist licensure requirements in the State of Missouri. Attendees with licensure from other states are responsible for seeking appropriate continuing education credit, from their respective boards for completing this program. Conference Actions: