Counseling with Cluster B Personality Disorders
Friday, July 28, 2023
8:45 a.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Richmont’s Atlanta Campus
Presentation Description
Using video clips of live sessions, this high energy presentation will explore best practices in counseling with antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic clients. Further, it will go deeper, examining developmental processes and core structures underlying these debilitating and challenging disorders.
Schedule of the Day:
8:45 – 10:15 Antisocial Spectrum
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 12:00 Borderline spectrum
12:00 – 2:00 Lunch
2:00– 3:30 Histrionic spectrum
3:30– 3:45 Break
3:45 – 5:15 Narcissistic spectrum
Presenter: C. Jeffrey Terrell, Ph.D., ABPP, former LPC and NCCC
Dr. Jeff Terrell currently serves as the Program Manager for Workplace Violence Prevention at the Central Alabama Veterans Healthcare System, with campuses in Montgomery and Tuskegee Alabama, and Columbus Georgia, as well as community-based outpatient clinics in many smaller cities. He is a board-certified clinical psychologist. Dr. Terrell earned his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Southern Mississippi. He has been licensed in four states as a psychologist and licensed professional counselor.
Dr. Terrell spent many years in higher education, serving as Assistant Professor of Counseling at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, President of PSI (and later Richmont Graduate University), as well as Dean of the College of Education and Human Services at John Brown University. He also spoke throughout the country for PESI on personality disorders and neuroscience.
In addition to his role at the VA in workplace violence prevention, Dr. Terrell was recently appointed by the Governor of Alabama to serve on the Board of Examiners of Psychologists.
He is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Christian Association for Psychological Studies, the American Academy of Clinical Psychology, the International Association of Trauma Professionals, and the Association for Threat Assessment Professionals.
Learning Objectives: As a result of attending, participants will be able to:
Continuing Education: 6 CE Hours Available
Target Audience: Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Psychologists, Social Workers, and graduate students in the disciplines above.
Instruction Level: Beginner
Refund policy: In order to receive a refund, requests must be submitted prior to July 21, 2023.
For questions, please contact Amy Estes at aestes@richmont.edu.
There is no known commercial support for this program.
Richmont Graduate University has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 4534. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Richmont Graduate University is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Richmont Graduate University is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Richmont Graduate University maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
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