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Working with Borderline Personality Disorder - online CPD workshop for H.E. counsellors

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Venue: Online

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CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: In light of the current situation with the coronavirus, we have taken the decision to move the workshop to a live online event. It'll be the same timing, 9.30am to 5.00pm with planned breaks. It’ll be on the secure Blackboard Collaborate software used in the education sector which offers interactive features so you can still ask our speaker questions and have group discussions. Your computer will need internet connection, a camera, and microphone. Blackboard Collaborate opens on browsers so there's nothing to download; Chrome is best and click here to see the supported browsers and make sure you have the latest updated version. Participants will be emailed with the event link and workshop information by Monday 22 June, and you'll be able to enter the Collaborate session to check it's working days in advance. The proposed schedule for the day is below.

If you'd like to book, the workshop is currently sold out. However, you can join the waiting list through this online booking form. Please give an email address you check often so you can get ticket updates immediately (first come, first served).

We are planning the 2020/21 BIRKBECK TRAINING SERIES (workshops will be hosted live online) and recommend booking early to avoid disappointment. We expect to post booking information for the next HE Counselling CPD workshops this summer on our BIRKBECK COUNSELLING SERVICE WEBSITE (click link).

 

About the workshop

Nice guidelines for working with BPD clients indicate that brief psychological interventions (of less than 3 months' duration) should be avoided. However, in higher education settings we see more and more students presenting to the services with a diagnosis and no further referral to specialist services; or symptoms but no diagnosis or access to suitable interventions. As university counsellors, we feel the pressure to offer some containment and support to enable these students to access suitable treatment, yet we are aware that short-term work may not be helpful and may even be harmful. This workshop will consider such conflicts and help us understand what we can do within our role with students presenting with such symptoms.

Workshop Themes

  • What is BDP and how to recognise undiagnosed clients?
  • Limitations of our work, when and where/how to refer on to specialist services.
  • What can we do with BPD clients in a short-term intervention?

 

Proposed schedule (may be changed by the trainer on the day)

09:30: Registration (check your technology is working) 

10:00: Introduction & Morning session part 1 

11:30 – 11:45: Break 

11:45: Morning session part 2 

13:15 – 14:00: Lunch

14:00: Afternoon session part 1 

15:15 – 15:30: Break 

15:30 Afternoon session part 2 

16:45 – 17:00: Close

 

Ticket price: £95

CPD certificates will be provided by email after the workshop.

The Birkbeck Training Series workshops are aimed at qualified counsellors only, particularly those who are working in a Higher Education setting. The presenter’s perspective is one of many and we aim to provide a respectful space for thinking. Please note that the views expressed by presenters or any other individual in relation to this workshop are not necessarily those of Birkbeck.

 

Refund policy 

A refund will be given for all cancellations requested more than 30 days before the event takes place. An administration charge of £10 will be made for all such cancellations. Any cancellation made less than 30 days before the booked event takes place will not receive a refund. Cancellation requests must be made via email to counselling-services@bbk.ac.uk

In the unlikely event of the workshop being cancelled or postponed we will offer a full refund. However, we will not be responsible for costs incurred such as travel or accommodation.

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Contact phone: 020 3907 0700