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Webinar: Personality Disorders: Working With Challenging Individuals
In correctional settings, staff frequently encounter individuals with challenging personality traits that can complicate care and interactions. This webinar will introduce the alternative DSM-5 model for personality disorders, focusing on personality functioning and the key elements of identity, self-direction, empathy, and intimacy. Participants will explore how these elements exist along a continuum, from little to severe impairment, and how they shape behavior and interpersonal dynamics.
The session will provide strategies for tailoring interactions with individuals who have more serious impairments, helping professionals break out of unproductive patterns and reduce frustration. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of personality functioning and leave with practical tools to foster more effective, collaborative relationships with patients who often present the greatest challenges—while also gaining insights that may enhance their own professional growth.
Learning Objectives
- Review the four basic elements of personality functioning as presented in the DSM-5
- Describe personality as falling along a continuum of pathology
- Discuss practical skills for working effectively with individuals who exhibit challenging personality functioning
Presenter
Sharen Barboza, PhD, CCHP-MH is a clinical and consulting psychologist who has worked in correctional mental health for more than 25 years. She provides monitoring, consultation, training, and expert opinion on the delivery of mental health services in correctional settings as well as behavioral and emotional wellness. Dr. Barboza’s publication topics include suicide risk, criminal thinking, and the reduction of self-injury. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in psychology from Tufts University and her PhD in clinical psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University. She is also certified in Wholebeing Positive Psychology.
Webinar Fee:
$69 ($59 for CCHPs), includes access to the power point presentation, the webinar recording and CE credit – 1.00 hours for ACCME, ANCC, APA, and General (CCHP and others).