Ethics and the Difficult Person: What the New PDM Can Teach Us All

Learn about the clients who are most likely to create ethical dilemmas and lodge frivolous ethics complaints based on their personality traits. Learn how the new Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (PDM 2006) and psychodynamic formulation can help you spot difficult patients better than the DSM. Find out about the Borderline Level of Personality Organization that is often lurking under other overt personality presentations. Learn about the research supporting these formulations. This home study workshop qualifies for three contact hours for the ethics requirement (check your state's specific requirements).

PRESENTER: Robert M. Gordon, Ph.D., ABPP, in Clinical Psychology and Psychoanalysis. The Institute for Advanced Psychological Training(IAPT) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. IAPT maintains responsibility for the programs. Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Professional Counselors can receive continuing education from continuing education providers approved by the American Psychological Association.