APS College of Counselling Psychologists (Vic) presents: How to sit in the centre of a storm: Providing therapy to those with Borderline Personality Disorder (One-day Workshop) Dr Katie Wyman MAPS (Counselling Psychologist) Janina Tomasoni MAPS (Counselling Psychologist) Description and Learning Objectives: Many of the skills and frameworks utilised by counselling psychologists have a place in treating individuals with the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder. The overarching aim of this workshop is to assist counselling psychologists to improve their clinical confidence and capacity to provide therapeutic treatment to this group of individuals. Specifically the workshop will explore current understanding of BPD, current treatment approaches, principles of treatment, risk issues, and therapist needs. The workshop will provide active CPD hours for counselling psychologists, including APS membership and AHPRA registration. Your presenters: Dr Katie Wyman is a counselling psychologist who has been working in the field of public mental health and personality disorder for the last 12 years. Currently Katie is a senior psychologist in a specialist personality disorder service in Victoria where she provides group and individual treatment to clients with BPD and other personality disorders, clinical assessment, and training to other mental health clinicians. Katie has a strong interest in understanding and researching the therapeutic alliance, in particular the personal attributes of therapists and their effect on alliance and other therapy processes. Janina Tomasoni is a counselling psychologist who has worked across a number of specialist mental health and disability services for the last twenty years. She is currently in the role of senior psychologist in a specialist personality disorder service for Victoria where she provides individual treatment, secondary consultation to forensic & mental health services, psychiatric disability rehabilitations services and disability services, and training. Janina also has her own private practice providing short and long therapy and has conducted a number of workshops for clinicians working across a variety of settings. She has also presented at both local and international conferences regarding personality disorder. Both Katie and Janina utilise a variety of therapeutic frameworks in delivering group and individual treatment to clients with BPD and other personality disorders. When: Where: Cost: Saturday 28 April 2012 9.00am – 5.00pm Jika International Conference Centre 551 Heidelberg Road, Fairfield VIC 3078 Members of the APS College of Counselling Psychologists = $230 General APS Members & other APS College Members = $280 Note: arrival tea/coffee, morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea are included. This workshop is limited to 26 people Online Register: http://www.psychology.org.au/Events/EventView.aspx?ID=9691 Enquiries: Adam Becker, [email protected]