The Clinician's Guide to Personality Disorders: Interventions for Successful Narcissistic, Borderline, and Antisocial Treatme

Course overview

Working with individuals diagnosed with personality disorders presents unique clinical challenges, often marked by therapy-interfering behaviors, emotional intensity, and complex interpersonal dynamics. This 3-hour webinar offers a practical framework for recognizing and treating clients with Narcissistic, Borderline, and Antisocial Personality Disorders. Participants will examine how personality traits manifest in therapy, including manipulation, perfectionism, emotional reactivity, and difficulties with empathy and boundaries. The course includes guidance for managing strong countertransference reactions and establishing effective therapeutic boundaries to support both client progress and clinician well-being. The course integrates evidence-based interventions including Schema Therapy, Transference-Focused Psychotherapy, CBT, IPT, and DBT using clinical examples to support treatment planning and application. Clinicians will gain tools for stabilizing high-risk behaviors, improving client insight, and facilitating behavioral and emotional regulation.