An introduction to Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) for people with a personality disorder - an evidence-based approach

04 June 20252:00pm - 4:00pm

Counselling and psychotherapy

Members: £52.50 (+ VAT) / Non-Members: £87.50 (+ VAT)

Webinar

Personality disorders are highly prevalent in mental health services and non-specialists find them difficult to assess.

Recent years have seen a number of evidence-based psychotherapies.

Working with this group can be challenging for professionals due to behaviour such as cutting, drug-use, alcohol, suicidality and anger.

Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) is one of what has been termed the "big four" psychotherapies, alongside DBT, MBT and Schema Therapy.

Clinical experience shows that some patients respond well to one therapy and not another, and there is a strong case for offering a range of therapies.

TFP is growing internationally and is relatively new to the UK with a small but growing number of practitioners.

The problem the training would address is how to work effectively psychodynamically with clients who present particular challenges, such as poor engagement with therapy, clients who are withdrawn at home, and patients who are using self-destructive behaviour that undermines the work of therapy.

The benefit to the BPS and its members is that psychologists will learn about evidence-based specialist psychotherapeutic approach to working with people with a personality disorder.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:

Gain an introductory knowledge of the symptomology of borderline personality disorder and other personality disordersHow to identify patients who have a personality disorder as opposed to other disorders such as anxiety and depression.
To learn what causes personality difficulties
To learn about the TFP theoretical understanding of the personality structure of patients with these disorders
To gain an introductory knowledge of TFP tactics, strategies and techniques.
To get sufficient information to decide upon whether to pursue further training and how

Is this course right for me?

This online webinar is suitable for;

Qualified clinical or counselling psychologists, or in the final year of their doctoral training.
Psychiatrists.
Psychotherapists registered with a professional body - UKCP, BACP, BABCP, BPC, or foreign equivalent.

Webinar Presenters

Jonathan Radcliffe

Jonathan Radcliffe is a consultant clinical psychologist and head of Lewisham Personality Disorder Service, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust. Jonathan is an accredited with the International Society of TFP (ISTFP) as a trainer-supervisor in Transference-Focused Psychotherapy. He is a British Psychoanalytic Council accredited psychoanalytic psychotherapist, and member of the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association (PPA) of the British Psychotherapy Foundation. He is an experienced trainer, having taught workshops and seminars on clinical and counselling psychology doctoral courses.

Laura Liard