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Annual Meeting of New Zealand Health Professionals
Providing Services for People with Borderline Personality Disorder
The 2006 Gathering includes a range of pre-conference workshops to maximize
the training opportunities for participants travelling to Christchurch. Please
refer to the Conference
Announcement Pamphlet 
for full details of the workshops.
Workshop 1 is highly recommended for participants who are new to work in this field. The general framework it describes is consistent with the national clinical pathway recommended by the National Personality Disorders Advisory Group, and as outlined by the Ministry of Health Guidelines.
Workshops 2, 3, 4 & 5 are for experienced case-workers and therapists looking for new perspectives to add to their clinical repertoire.
Workshop 6 is a training workshop in Mentalisation Based Treatment – the treatment approach developed by two of the keynote speakers. This workshop is aimed at therapists and treating clinicians.
Treating People with Borderline Personality Disorder in NZ Public Mental Health Services
Roy Krawitz & Wendy Jackson
Introduction to Cognitive Analytic Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder
Marisol Cavieres & Allyson Waite
Introduction to Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Young People and their Families
Kirsten Thickpenny-Davis & Mike Batcheler
Minds In The Making: Minding the Self when working with Complex Personality Issues
Dr Patrick Ryan
Introduction to Mentalisation Based Treatment (MBT)
Anthony Bateman & Peter Fonagy
Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: Training in the Mentalisation Based Treatment Approach
Anthony Bateman & Peter Fonagy
NOTE: Workshop 6 includes attendance at Workshop 5 on the Monday before the conference in the fee, plus attendance at a two-day course on the Friday and Saturday immediately following the conference.
