Foundations of Personality Disorders | The Centre

Foundations of Personality Disorders provides practitioners with a comprehensive introduction to personality, personality development, and contemporary understandings of personality disorders. The training explores common presentations , particularly borderline, antisocial, and narcissistic personality disorders and offers practical, trauma-informed strategies for engagement, boundary setting, crisis response, and self-care. The session emphasises person-centred, recovery-oriented approaches and highlights how patterns of coping develop over time in response to biological, relational, and environmental factors.

Learning outcomes

Participants completing this workshop will be able to:

• Describe personality and how it develops across the lifespan.
• Explain contemporary understandings of personality disorders and how they present in
  practice.
• Recognise stigma, myths, and misconceptions and apply person-centred, respectful language.
• Identify common features associated with borderline, antisocial, and narcissistic personality
  disorders.
• Outline biological, relational and environmental factors that contribute to personality disorder
  development.
• Apply trauma-informed, recovery-oriented approaches when supporting individuals with
  personality disorders.
• Reflect on personal responses and develop strategies for maintaining wellbeing, professional
  boundaries, and consistency in practice.