When: Wednesday, October 1 - 12:00 PM

Duration: 1 hours 30 minutes

Location: Zoom

Event Details:

Clinicians working in behavioral health settings with adults often encounter complex, misunderstood presentations of personality disorders that are compounded by systemic stressors. Attachment disruptions, identity instability, and emotional regulation difficulties are frequently misinterpreted as treatment resistance or manipulation, which strains therapeutic alliances and increases the risk of burnout. Without clear, trauma-informed frameworks, clinicians may struggle to provide effective, consistent care.

This two-part training directly addresses these gaps by providing a structured, attachment-based approach that integrates practical tools to manage challenging dynamics while maintaining professional boundaries and fostering therapeutic progress. The focus will be on practical, evidence-based approaches for identifying and treating personality disorders among adults in community and agency-based clinical settings where complex presentations are common. This training series is intended for adult-serving providers specifically.

In Part 2 of this series, participants will learn to identify relational dynamics and common therapeutic pitfalls when working with adults with personality disorders, and how to apply evidence-based strategies from DBT, CBT, and other treatment approaches in their work with such clients. Dr. Fox will discuss how to address issues around boundaries, emotional regulation, and therapist countertransference, as well as how clinicians can develop approaches to enhance treatment adherence and reduce dropout. He will also review how to integrate trauma-informed care and attachment theory to guide interventions when working with individuals with personality disorders.

About the Presenter

Daniel J. Fox, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in Texas, international speaker, and multiple-award winning author. He has been specializing in the treatment and assessment of individuals with personality disorders for over 20 years in the state and federal prison system, universities, and in private practice. He has published several articles in these areas and is the author of The Clinician’s Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment of Personality Disorders, the award winning Antisocial, Borderline, Narcissistic and Histrionic Workbook: Treatment Strategies for Cluster B Personality Disorders, award winning Narcissistic Personality Disorder Toolbox, the bestselling The Borderline Personality Disorder Workbook, and Complex Borderline Personality Disorder: How Coexisting Conditions Affect Your BPD and How You Can Gain Emotional Balance. He is currently a staff psychologist in the federal prison system, Adjunct Assistant Professor at University of Houston, as well as maintaining a private practice that specializes in the assessment and treatment of individuals with complex psychopathology and personality disorders.