Personality Disorders Course* ✨🎭

📆 *Duration: 3 months (Theory + Practical).*

🎥 To watch the course introductory lecture and to evaluate the instructor's explanation:-👇

Course Introductory Lecture 🤍👆🏻

💡 Why is this course important?

Personality disorders are among the most complex psychological disorders because they affect every aspect of a person's life, behavior, and relationships. Understanding and treating them requires in-depth skills and techniques. In this course, you will take a comprehensive journey from diagnosis to understanding to practical treatment.

📖 *Course Topics* 📖
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✅ First: A comprehensive introduction to understanding personality.

🔹The difference between psychotic and neurotic disorders.

🔹The difference between a mental disorder and a personality disorder.

🔹Definition of personality and its characteristics (psychologically and biologically).

🔹The concept of personality disorders and their prevalence.

🔹Classifications of personality disorders and common defense mechanisms.

✅ Second: Theoretical Foundations for Understanding Disorders.

🔹Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory and Psychosexual Development.

🔹Bowlby's Attachment Patterns Theory and its Relationship to Disorders.

✅ Third: Review of Personality Disorders (Cluster A, B, C)

🔹Cluster A (Eccentric): Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizophrenic.

🔹Cluster B (Dramatic/Emotional/Impulsive): Borderline, Antisocial, Narcissistic, Histrionic.

🔹Cluster C (Anxious/Fearful): Avoidant, Dependent, Obsessive.

💠 Fourth: Integrated Therapeutic Approaches.

✅ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT):

🔹Modifying distorted thoughts.

🔹Managing maladaptive behaviors.

🔹Training social and emotional skills.

🔹Practical applications for disorders such as (avoidant, obsessive-compulsive, and narcissistic).

✅ Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT):

🔹Mindfulness skills, emotion regulation, and stress tolerance.

🔹Practical examples for dealing with impulsivity and volatile relationships.

✅ Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT):

🔹Detaching from negative thoughts and identifying personal values.

🔹Mindfulness techniques and practical applications.

✅ Fifth: The Practical Aspect

🔹Real-Life Case Studies

🔹Designing Practical Treatment Plans

🔹Integrating CBT, DBT, and ACT Therapy

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👩🏻‍🎓 Lecturer: 👩🏻‍🎓

🎀 Dr. Shaimaa Saeed

PhD in Mental Health

PCC Certified Life Coach from the International Coaching Federation

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🌷 *Course Features:* 🌷
✅ Course materials for each lecture + recordings available for 6 months.

✅ Certificate of attendance for each training hour.

✅ One lecture per week for flexible application schedules.