Meeting clients with deeply ingrained personality disorders and/or high conflict and intense situations can be an inevitable aspect of working in the field of mental health. In this dynamic and informative workshop, participants will gain essential knowledge for utilizing an experiential and relational approach for working with clients suffering from Personality Disorders.  Participants will also learn and practice effective tools and interventions for the management of high intensity situations such as clients who may display demanding, angry, aggressive, dependent, obsessional, and other challenging behaviors. 

 Define the experiential-relational approach of working with PD

  • Learn to utilize your relational and somatic experience of the client to target your interventions
  • Discuss and practice experiential-relational interventions through exploration of different case scenarios


*This class is suitable for all levels of practitioners and providers of mental health including Psych, LMSW, LCSW, LMFT, LCAT, LMHC, LP and related fields. 

Led by Amir Levine, PhD, LCSW-R

Co-Founder and Clinical Director of Bhava Therapy Group

Dr. Amir Levine

Dr. Amir Levine is Co-Founder and Clinical Director of Bhava Therapy Group. As Clinical Director of our team therapists, Dr. Levine serves as a devoted mentor, educator, mental health provider and an innovator in organizational development. Dr. Levine has presented at numerous national conferences about issues related to clinical psycho-therapeutic curriculum development, organizational development and direct patient care.

Course curriculum

  1. 1

    • Information - Experiential-Relational Methods for Working with Personality Disorders

    • Instructor Information - Requirements - Rules - Refunds - Policies
  2. 2

    • References For Experiential-Relational Methods for Working with Personality Disorders

    • Powerpoint For Experiential-Relational Methods for Working with Personality Disorders

  3. 3

    • Information to Keep
  4. 4

    • Experiential-Relational Methods for Working with Personality Disorders

  5. 5

    • Posttest For Experiential-Relational Methods for Working with Personality Disorders

  6. 6

    • Survey Scale

    • Course Evaluation For Experiential-Relational Methods for Working with Personality Disorders