Managing Challenging Clients with Severe Interpersonal Boundary Issues & Self-harm

Date: 17 Jan 2019 - 21 Feb 2019

Hong Kong

This course is intended to help clinical psychologists, social workers, counselors to gain a fundamental understanding on theories that address clients typically classified as “borderline personality disorder”. These theories include attachment theory and object relations which are useful in helping us to understand the developmental aspects of how the sense of self has been severely “deformed” with its implications for subsequent emotional and behavioural disregulation.

Furthermore, the practical skills of Dialectical Behavioural Therapy as well as the use of Narrative therapy will also be discussed and role played. Case supervision will be made available.


Course Objectives :

1. To gain a fundamental understanding of:

-the development of the sense of self through attachment theory and object relations

- the features of clients with severe interpersonal boundaries and difficulties they encounter

- the therapeutic Skills: an amalgamation of Narrative Therapy and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy

2. To unpack the traditional consideration of treatment resistance through the lens of Narrative Therapy

3. To explore what is the most appropriate and helpful therapeutic stance to such clientele


Trainer Ms. Josanna Lai (黎玉蓮小姐)

Josanna Lai Yuk Lin is a registered clinical psychologist with over twenty years of clinical experience both in Hong Kong and Australia. Her clinical work spans across different clinical settings including psychiatric hospital (HK & Australia), university counseling setting, rehabilitation setting and private practice. She is a clinical supervisor for HK Master’s Programs in Clinical Psychology as well as honorary clinical supervisor for Fu Hong.
She was a personal friend of late Michael White and completed an intensive Diploma Course in Narrative Therapy under his tutelage. She was also the clinical supervisor for HK Baptist University Master’s Program in Youth Counseling.

Duration: 9.30am-5.30pm

Venue: HKSPT Conference Room, 202-204A, Two Harbourfront, Hung Hom, KLN

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Contact: Email Organizer

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Fees:
Course fee: $4,800-

Special Offer : HK$4,700- Enroll the course at least one month prior to the event

Group Discount : HK$100- discount each for group of 3 or more

Individual Module :

Module 1: HK$3,300-

Module 2: HK$1,700-

Language: Cantonese supplemented with English (Teaching materials are mainly in English)

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