This 90-minute intermediate-level training provides clinicians with practical strategies for preparing clients diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) for trauma processing using Accelerated Resolution Therapy® (ART). The training reviews the relationship between trauma, invalidating environments, and the development of BPD. Core components of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) relevant to stabilization and readiness for ART will be discussed. Participants will learn validation and commitment strategies to enhance client engagement and identify specific ART scripts and augmenting interventions appropriate for this population. Case examples will be included to support clinical application.
Learning Objectives: By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the role of trauma and invalidating environments in the development of Borderline Personality Disorder.
2. Identify at least three core components of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) relevant to preparing clients for trauma processing.
3. Demonstrate how validation and commitment strategies can increase client readiness for ART sessions.
4. Identify at least two ART interventions or clinical strategies appropriate for clients diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder.
Duration: 60 minutes (1 Continuing Education Hours)
Delivery Format: Live Zoom training
Instructor Bio: Brittney Clow (she/her/hers), LISW-CP/S, provides therapy for children, adolescents, adults, and families. She specializes in working with trauma, attachment disorders, identity issues, shame, complex PTSD, and family conflict. She also has experience and training with post-adoption, with extensive training in the use of Narrative Therapy. She has worked previously in foster care and adoption, so she has experience in treating children with abuse and neglect in their past. Brittney’s primary focus with clients centers around the idea that non-functional behaviors are adaptive, and the goal is to heal what caused and continues to cause these symptoms today. Brittney has been practicing Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) since 2018, which is evidence-based for the effective and fast resolution of PTSD and depression, along with several other mental health problems. ART is shown to achieve benefits rapidly, typically from 1-5 sessions. Brittney is a Master Certified ART Therapist and trains other therapists in both the Basic and Advanced levels of ART. She currently owns a group private practice called Counseling Services of Greenville with several clinicians who focus on treating trauma. When she is not doing clinical work, Brittney is training and speaking on attachment, adoption and trauma in the Upstate of South Carolina.
Target Audience: Licensed mental health professionals trained in Accelerated Resolution Therapy® who provide treatment to clients who present with attachment wounds.
Instructional Methods:
• Lecture
• Case-based Learning
• Group Discussion
Completion Requirements: Participants must:
1. Attend the full 60-minute live Zoom training
2. Complete the course evaluation.
Certificates will be issued upon verification of attendance and receipt of completed evaluation. Partial credit will not be awarded.
