2024 - 2025 Scientific Meetings
| Program Title: | Love it, Hate it, Treat it: What every therapist needs to know about borderline personality |
| Date: | Saturday, March 1, 2025 |
| Time: | 10:30am – 12:00pm PT |
| Presenter: | Jonathan Shedler, PhD |
| Location: | San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis 444 Natoma Street San Francisco, CA 94103 (remote option is available) |
| Program Fee: | Free |
| CME/CE: | This program has been approved for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1™ for free (for SFCP members) or $22.50 (for non-SFCP members) |
Scientific research has answered the major questions about borderline personality organization: it exists, it is common in clinical practice, and its core features are well- established, both theoretically and empirically. It gives rise to predictable countertransference dilemmas, with clinicians commonly reporting feeling overwhelmed, helpless, or inadequate. This program, integrating both psychoanalytic theory and empirical evidence, will review core features of borderline personality organization and their implications for treatment.
Jonathan Shedler, PhD is an SFCP Faculty, Training and Supervising Analyst, Chair of Science Communication for APSA, and Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at UCSF.
He is best known for his article The Efficacy of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, which won worldwide acclaim for establishing psychoanalytic therapy as an evidence-based treatment.
Dr. Shedler’s research and writing are shaping contemporary views of personality styles and their treatment. He is author of more than 100 scientific and scholarly articles, creator of the Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure (SWAP) for personality diagnosis and clinical case formulation, and co-author of the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (PDM-2 and forthcoming PDM-3).
Dr. Shedler lectures internationally, leads workshops for professional audiences, consults to U.S. and international government agencies, and provides expert clinical case consultation to mental health professionals worldwide.
One of his more recent chapters is “The personality syndromes. In R. Feinstein (Ed.), Personality Disorders. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.
Accreditation Statement for CME/CE Sponsorship and Disclosure Statement
Educational Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, the learners will be able to:
- describe the core features of borderline personality organization.
- describe scientific evidence for the borderline construct and its core features.
- describe clinical practic implications of borderline personality dynamics.
ACCME Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation Statement
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure Statement
The APsA CE Committee has reviewed the materials for accredited continuing education and has determined that this activity is not related to the product line of ineligible companies and therefore, the activity meets the exception outlined in Standard 3: ACCME’s identification, mitigation and disclosure of relevant financial relationship. This activity does not have any known commercial support.
PSYCHOLOGISTS: The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Psychologists attending SFCP events approved for CE credits may report AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ toward their CE requirements. Psychologists self-certify the number of hours they have completed on their renewal form (whether online or paper).
LCSWs/MFTs: The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis is a continuing education provider that has been approved by the American Psychological Association, a California Board of Behavioral Sciences recognized approval agency
Psychologists, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists will be awarded AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ on an hour for hour basis; see the program description for the maximum of credits awarded for each program.
Commercial Support: None