Sources for Human Services and BPD Support Consulting Present

Sources For Human Services and BPD Support Consulting Present:

A Personal Journey Through Borderline Personality Disorder: Understanding the Behaviors and Techniques for Responding: Building a Wall of Compassion

February 24, 2015, 9:30 -4:00 pm, NJPSA/FEA Conference Center, 12 Centre Drive Monroe Township NJ 08831-1564, Presented by Talya Lewis, BA, Peer Educator, 5CEU’s

“This diagnosis scares some of the best mental health professionals. Imagine how it scares those living with it...”

Summary: This unique workshop presents a detailed clinical and personal presentation of borderline personality disorder and self –injury from the perspective of an individual diagnosed with it who is in recovery. As Talya Lewis began to come to terms with her past, both her diagnosis and her treatment, she knew she had to reach out to others. She began by initiating two support groups, one for women who have traits consistent with BPD and one for parents/caregivers to help ease their isolation and to equip them with the education necessary to cope and respond effectively to their loved one. Talya co-developed and authored a manual for an eight week workshop on BPD. As she worked with those struggling with the diagnosis as well as those and their loved one’s coping with BPD, Talya was asked repeatedly by people desperate for help to enter treatment with her. Talya now has a private practice as a successful trauma coach or “lay therapist.”

Through her workshops and remembering her own experiences, the realization of the intense stigma that accompanies BPD spurred a deep desire to educate those working in a clinical setting with individuals carrying this deeply painful diagnosis. It was with this need and interest that Talya began to conduct educational workshops on BPD to clinicians, nurses, social workers, university level students, and anyone with a desire to learn about the defenses and thinking patterns of those affected with BPD. As her final venture, her most cathartic yet most difficult project, Talya is writing her memoir, a deeply moving personal account. With her lived experience, her education, and her lifelong learning about BPD and self-injury, Talya’s workshops offer invaluable personal insight and direct experiences with all nine of the criteria of BPD, including a first person knowledge of self injury.

CEU’s: Five CEU’s; This program is co-sponsored by Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research. As a CSWE accredited program, the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research at Bryn Mawr College is a pre-approved provider of continuing education for social workers, professional counselors, and marriage and family therapists in Pennsylvania and many other states.

Training Objectives:

1.  To understand and be able to describe the biological etiology of BPD

2.  To understand and be able to describe the nine criteria of BPD

3.  To understand the stigma and the effects of stigma associated with BPD

4.  To understand and be able to describe the roots of emotional dysregulation associated with BPD

5.  To understand the critical importance of emotional validation; practice validation techniques

6.  To understand the causes of suicide and self-injury

7.  To understand the causes of fears of abandonment and separation, rage, identity, and boundaries

Agenda

9:00 – 9:30 Registration, light refreshments

9:30 – 10:00 Introduction; the biological etiology of BPD

10:00-11:00 the nine criteria of BPD

11:00 – 11:15 break

11:00- 12:00 stigma associated with BPD; emotional dysregulation associated with BPD

12:00- 1:00 Lunch- on your own

1:00 – 2:00 importance of emotional validation; the dissociative process,; “manipulation”

2:30 – 2:45 Break

2:45- 3:45 Dependency; helpers views on dependency

3:45 – 4:00 Questions, discussion, summary, evaluations

About the Speaker: Talya Lewis, BA, Peer Educator, is an animated, articulate, and passionate presenter who has captivated audiences throughout the region, including those from the Mental Health Association of Southeastern PA, Gaudenzia House, Girls Space, the Montgomery County Behavioral Health Court, Montgomery County Youth Center (Self Injury, full day workshop), Psychiatric Nursing Conference, 2009, Behavioral Health Training and Education Network (BHTEN) in Philadelphia, Mental Health Association of Southeastern PA, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Drexel University, College of Nursing and Health Professions, LaSalle University, and was a guest on Dan Gottlieb's Voices in the Family radio program, WHYY/NPR and Maiken Scott's Morning Edition.

“Borderline personality disorder is the most highly stigmatized of all mental illnesses. I remember how I was treated before I ended up with a clinician who was not afraid of the disorder, but rather understood it and was willing to treat it. The prognosis for BPD is very good. With an understanding of what motivates the individual, anyone can work with this disorder, helping those suffering from the intense pain that accompanies BPD to move towards a recovery that can last a lifetime.” – Talya Lewis

Cost, When and Where: 2-24-15, NJPSA/FEA Conference Center, 12 Centre Drive Monroe Township NJ 08831-1564, $130 per person , fee includes CEU’s, morning continental breakfast, handouts, certificates, refreshments; directions below; for more information call 610-203-1926

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Directions: NJPSA/FEA Conference Center ,12 Centre Drive Monroe Township, NJ 08831-1564

Directions from New Jersey Turnpike (North & South):

· Take the New Jersey Turnpike to Exit 8A. Bear left

· Exit the left ramp (Jamesburg, Route 32 East)

· Continue straight through two traffic lights

· Make a right turn onto Centre Drive . (Forsgate Country Club is located directly across the street from Centre Drive)

· Bear to the left

· NJPSA/FEA is at 12 Centre Drive on the left

Directions from the Trenton Area:

· Route 1 North to 295 South to 195 East to Exit 5B (Rt. 130 North)

· Continue on 130 North, pass the exit for Cranbury/Jamesburg

· Take the next exit for Jamesburg/New Jersey Turnpike/Route 32 East (exit is on the right)

· Continue straight through three traffic lights

· After you travel through the third traffic light ( Applegarth Road ) make the first right turn onto Centre Drive at Monroe Center . (Forsgate Country Club is located directly across the street from Centre Drive)

· Bear to the left

· NJPSA/FEA is at 12 Centre Drive on the left

Directions from the Princeton Area:

· Take Route 1 to Scudders Mill Road East

· Turn left at the 5th traffic light onto Dey Road . Continue on Dey Road to the end ( South River Road )

· Turn left onto South River Road

· At the second light (Route 32) make a right — continue straight for 1¼ miles through two (2) traffic lights

· Make the first right turn onto Centre Drive at Monroe Center . (Forsgate Country Club is located directly across the street from Centre Drive)

· Bear to the left

· NJPSA/FEA is at 12 Centre Drive on the left

Directions from Freehold/Shore Area:

· Route 9 to Freehold to Route 33 West for approximately 7 to 10 miles to Applegarth Road (Exit on the right)

· Continue straight on Applegarth Road and make a right at the 6th traffic light onto Forsgate Drive (Route 32 East)

· NJPSA on Centre Drive is directly across the street from Forsgate Country Club. Make a right turn onto Centre Drive

· Bear to the left

· NJPSA/FEA is at 12 Centre Drive on the left

Directions from North Jersey:

· Near Route 206 take Route 287 South

· Take the New Jersey Turnpike South to Exit 8A. Bear left

· Exit the left ramp (Jamesburg, Route 32 East)

· Continue straight through two traffic lights

· Make a right turn onto Centre Drive. (Forsgate Country Club is located directly across the street from Centre Drive)

· Bear to the left

· NJPSA/FEA is at 12 Centre Drive on the left

Directions from Atlantic City:

· Take Parkway North to exit 58/Rte. 539 North

· Continue North for approximately 40 miles until it intersects with 195

· Take 195 West to the NJ Turnpike North to Exit 8A. Bear left

· Exit the left ramp (Jamesburg, Route 32 East)

· Continue straight through two traffic lights

· Make a right turn onto Centre Drive. (Forsgate Country Club is located directly across the street from Centre Drive)

· Bear to the left

· NJPSA/FEA is at 12 Centre Drive on the left

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