63rd Annual Conference

Friday, February 24

Afternoon Workshops

2:45-6:00 P.M.

Workshop 63

Personality Disorders Go to the Movies

Chair:         

Joseph Shay, Ph.D., CGP, Two Brattle Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Patients with personality disorders populate our groups, energize them, and can

destroy them.  This workshop will focus on the identification and group treatment of such patients, especially those with “dramatic/erratic” disorders.  Video clips illustrating personality disorders will include segments from All About Eve, Fatal Attraction, Citizen Kane, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Sopranos, and others.  (Rated “R”)

Didactic-demonstration-sharing of work experiences-audio-visual

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Define personality disorders utilizing DSM-IV.

2. Indicate how Cluster A, B, and C disorders differ.

3. Distinguish among disorders within Cluster B (i.e., “dramatic/erratic”).

4. Identify indications and contraindications for treating such patients.

5. Describe common countertransference reactions when treating personality disordered

patients.

Course References:

1. McCallum, M., & Piper, W. (1999). Personality Disorders and Response to

Group-Oriented Evening Treatment Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and

Practice , 3, 3-14.

2. Munroe-Blum, H. (1992). Group Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder.

In J. Clarkin, E. Marziali, & H. Munroe-Blum (Eds.), Borderline Personality

Disorder: Clinical and empirical perspectives. 288-299.

3. Rutan, J. (2005.) Treating Diffcult Patients in Group. In L. Motherwell & J.

Shay, (Eds.). Complex Dilemmas in Group Psychotherapy. 41-49. NY:

Brunner-Routledge.