7th Annual Yale BPD Conference ~ April 14-15, 2011

Empirically Supported Therapies for Borderline Personality Disorder:
Common and Distinguishing Aspects of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
and Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT)

Featuring
Anthony Bateman, M.D. and Alan Fruzzetti, Ph.D.

SPONSORS
The National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital

CO-SPONSORS
Austen Riggs Center
Silver Hill Hospital

Friday, April 15, 2011
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Limited seating available for MBT and DBT expert discussions and demonstrations on
Thursday, April 14, 2011
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Mary S. Harkness Auditorium,
Sterling Hall of Medicine,
333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510

Statement of Need

Borderline Personality disorder (BPD) is a severe and generally chronic disorder and people who suffer from it are underserved.
BPD presents patients, their families, clinicians, and researchers with multiple challenges.
BPD frequently co-occurs with obesity and eating disorders, confounding all of the above challenges.
Diagnosis and treatment interventions of borderline personality disorder should begin as early as possible.
Treatment programs for those with BPD need to be more readily available.
Friends and families are often bewildered and often do not know how to help.
Families need access to programs such as those already developed for several other mental illnesses.

Purpose
The complex challenges associated with BPD will be addressed in order to inform mental health professionals, families, and consumers of current research-supported treatment options, with specific focus on two leading treatments: Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Mentalization Based Therapy.

Audience
This conference will provide a forum for professionals, family members, and consumers to better understand BPD and its treatment from behavioral and psychodynamic perspectives.

The main conference day, April 15th, 2011, is for physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, family therapists, counselors, nurses, emergency room personnel, law enforcement personnel and agencies, educators, family members, friends, and consumers. Mental health students are particularly encouraged to attend, and those registering are invited to a complimentary lunch event (limited seating).

A pre-conference day, April 14th, 2011, will be limited to mental health professionals and mental health students with specific interest and/or prior expertise in the treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder.

Continuing Education Credits
This program has been approved for Continuing Education Credit Hours by the National Association of Social Workers, CT and meets the continuing education criteria for CT Social Work Licensure renewal. The program has been approved for 13.75 credit hours, 6.75 for April 14 and 7 for April 15. (To receive a CE certificate at the end of the conference, license number and request for CE's should be included in the registration information, or at time of sign-in / sign-out at the conference.)

Course Description
This main conference day, April 15th, will provide a forum for professionals, family members, and consumers to better understand the disorder from various perspectives. Presenters will offer current information on two leading, research-supported treatments for BPD, and family members and consumers will share their experiences. Each session allows time for questions and answers.

Conference Objectives
This conference on borderline personality disorder will address the following objectives and at the end of the conference, attendees will be better able to identify, specify, and describe:

The developing Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) diagnosis
Common treatment challenges associated with BPD
Empirically supported treatment options for BPD, with specific emphasis on MBT and DBT
Family and consumer perspectives of BPD and its tre The practice of MBT and DBT in the individual therapy setting
The common features of Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for BPD
The compatible features of MBT and DBT for BPD
The distinguishing features of MBT and DBT for BPD
Clinical and research implications from this conference’s unique exploration of MBT and DBT

COURSE DIRECTORS
Seth R. Axelrod, PhD Associate Professor of Psychiatry Yale University School of Medicine DBT/DBT-SUD Intensive Outpatient Program Team Leader Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital	Alan Fruzzetti, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Director, DBT Therapy and Research Program, University of Nevada

Anthony Bateman, MA, FRCPsych Director, Psychotherapy Services and Research Lead, St. Ann’s Hospital, London Visiting Professor, University College, London Chief Examiner, Royal College of Psychiatrists, United Kingdom Visiting Consultant to the Menninger Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Honorary Lecturer, Harvard University	Perry D. Hoffman, PhD President, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder

CONFERENCE REGISTRAR
Trish Woodward, MAT Secretary, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder

Conference Program
Day 1: Expert Discussions and Demonstrations Thursday April 14th		Detailed Program with Presentation Objectives
8:00 am	Registration and Coffee
8:30 am	Welcome and Orientation to the day	Perry D. Hoffman, PhD, Seth R. Axelrod, PhD, Anthony Bateman, MA, FRCPsych, and Alan Fruzzetti, PhD
9:00 am	Is the goal integration?	Lois Choi-Kain, MD with response from Drs. Bateman and Fruzzetti
9:45 am	Session 1 (15 min break at about 11:00) a. Treatment frame and orientation to therapy b. Challenges in the therapy relationship c. Self-destructive behaviors
12:30 pm	Lunch (Information on area eateries will be available on-site)
1:30 pm	Session 2 (15 min break at about 2:45) a. Interface with systems of care b. Improving functioning c. Therapist self-care
4:00 pm	Break
4:15 pm	Discussion of the day’s findings	Drs. Bateman and Fruzzetti and MBT and DBT experts
5:15 pm	Closing Remarks and Adjourn

Day 2: Main Conference Day Friday, April 15th
8:00 am	Registration and Coffee
8:30 am	Welcome	Perry D. Hoffman, PhD and Seth R. Axelrod, PhD
	Opening Remarks	John Krystal, MD
	• Moderator for the day: Seth R. Axelrod, PhD
8:45 am	Overview of the BPD Diagnosis and Challenges	Seth Axelrod, PhD
9:30 am	Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT)	Anthony Bateman, MA, FRCPsych
10:30 am	Break
10:45 am	Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)	Alan Fruzzetti, PhD
11:45 am	Consumer and Family Perspectives	Kiera Van Gelder, MFA and Marie-Paule de Valdivia, MBS
12:30 pm	Lunch (Information on area eateries will be available on-site)
1:30 pm	Clinical demonstrations of MBT and DBT	Drs. Bateman and Fruzzetti
2:30 pm	Panel Discussion: Common and distinguishing features of MBT and DBT	Drs. Shauna Dowden, Christine Foertsch, Daniel Kupper, and Elizabeth Simpson, with response from Drs. Bateman and Fruzzetti
3:30 pm	Break
3:45 pm	Panel Discussion: Conclusions and future directions	Drs. Lois Choi-Kain, Robin Kissell, Sarah Reynolds, and Shireen Rizvi, with response from Drs. Bateman and Fruzzetti
5:00 pm	Closing Remarks and Adjourn

FACULTY PRESENTERS

AXELROD, SETH R., PhD Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine DBT/DBT-SUD Intensive Outpatient Program Team Leader, Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital
	Seth R. Axelrod, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the Yale University School of Medicine and leads the DBT and DBT-SUD Intensive Outpatient Programs of Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital. He received his doctorate from the University of Kentucky, completed a DBT-focused internship with the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, and did personality disorders postdoctoral training at the Yale School of Medicine. He is the founder of the Connecticut DBT Network; he helps maintain a Wiki website of DBT materials, and attends Marsha Linehan’s annual DBT Strategic Planning Meetings. Dr. Axelrod regularly teaches seminars and workshops on DBT and personality disorders, including at the International Society for the Teaching and Improvement of Dialectical Behavior Therapy. He has published scholarly articles in the areas of mindfulness, emotion regulation, PTSD, and DBT adaptations.

BATEMAN, ANTHONY W., MA, FRCPsych Director, Psychotherapy Services and Research Lead, St. Ann’s Hospital, London Visiting Professor, University College, London Chief Examiner, Royal College of Psychiatrists, United Kingdom Visiting Consultant to the Menninger Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Honorary Lecturer, Harvard University
	Prof Anthony W Bateman MA, FRCPsych is Consultant Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist, Halliwick Unit, Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey Mental Health Trust, Visiting Professor University College, London, and Visiting Consultant to the Menninger Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine USA. He developed mentalization based treatment with Peter Fonagy for borderline personality disorder and studied its effectiveness in research trials. An adapted version is now being used in other psychiatric disorders and in the treatment of families and adolescents. He was an expert member of National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) development group for treatment guidelines for Borderline Personality Disorder in UK. He is President of the European Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (ESSPD).He has authored several books including Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: mentalization based treatment and Mentalization Based Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder: a practical guide (with Peter Fonagy), numerous chapters, and many research articles on personality disorder and the use of psychotherapy in psychiatric practice. For the Royal College of Psychiatrists he is currently Chief Examiner.

CHOI-KHAN, LOIS, MD, MED Medical and Program Director, The Residence at the Gunderson Center, McLean Hospital Instructor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
	Dr. Choi-Kain received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Harvard University. After medical school, she completed her adult psychiatry training at the Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital, where she served as the Chief Administrative Resident. Dr. Choi-Kain completed a three-year post-doctoral fellowship funded by APIRE/NIMH and the Psychosocial Fellowship of McLean Hospital with Professors John Gunderson and Mary Zanarini, conducting research on the relationship between attachment, cognition, stress reactivity, and borderline personality disorder. During this post-doctoral fellowship, she received training in specialized assessments of attachment and reflective function (a measure of mentalization) at the Anna Freud Center in London, UK. She continues to actively conduct research and publish papers on borderline personality disorder and has also been in psychoanalytic training at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. Dr. Choi-Kain has been honored with numerous distinctions including the Frieda Fromm-Reichmann Psychotherapy Award, SAMSHA Minority Fellowship of the American Psychiatric Association, American Psychoanalytic Association Fellowship, Association of Women Psychiatrists Symond Fellowship, Laughlin Fellowship of the American College of Psychiatrists, and Dr. Henry P. and M. Page Durkee Laughlin Foundation Award. Dr. Choi-Kain's areas of specialization include attachment, personality disorders, psychotherapy, and cultural issues in psychiatry.

DOWDEN, SHAUNA, PhD Assistant Psychologist, McLean Hospital Clinical Instructor in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
	Dr. Shauna Dowden is currently in full-time private practice, specializing in BPD, chronic depression, bipolar illness, and PTSD. She received intensive DBT training with Marsha Linehan in 2002. More recently, she completed intensive training in Mentalization Based Treatment, which she uses in her role as a consultant at the Gunderson Residence of McLean Hospital, leading residential and outpatient MBT groups. She is an Instructor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School, supervising psychology interns and psychiatry residents in CBT and DBT treatment. She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from The University of Connecticut and completed her pre & post-doctoral training at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Her research has included the areas of BPD psychoeducation, health services delivery, anxiety, and parenting behavior/maternal warmth. She has been studying mindfulness for over two decades and integrates this practice into all aspects of her work, with a particular interest in addressing willingness for change and interpersonal awareness.

FOERTSCH, CHRISTINE, PhD Private Practice, NY DBT Trainer, Behavioraltech, LLC
	Christine Foertsch, Ph.D. is in private practice in New York City. She was intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy in 1993 and has been supervised by colleagues and students of Marsha Linehan’s since that time. She began conducting workshops and other trainings in 1994 and has taught DBT throughout the United States and internationally as a trainer with Behavioral Tech, LLC. She has consulted to individual psychotherapists, inpatient and outpatient mental health units, and entire state systems. In addition to the development and application of DBT to urban and minority populations, she is also interested in educating psychiatrists and psychologists in training at her site and in the New York City area.

FRUZZETTI, ALAN, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Psychology Director, DBT Therapy and Research Program, University of Nevada
	Alan E. Fruzzetti, Ph.D., is the Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Research Program at the University of Nevada in Reno, Nevada, USA. This research and treatment program provides Dialectical Behavior Therapy for adults and adolescents with borderline personality and related disorders as well as comprehensive treatment services for couples, parents, and families. Dr. Fruzzetti received his B.A. from Brown University and M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Washington in Seattle, where he trained with Dr. Marsha Linehan for four years (1987–1991). Dr. Fruzzetti’s research focuses on models of major psychopathology/severe behavior problems (e.g., borderline personality disorder, emotion dysregulation, family aggression and violence, chronic depression) in the context of couples and families, and the development and evaluation of effective treatments for these problems. In particular, he focuses on the further development, evaluation and training of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) with individuals, couples, parents, and families for chronic or severe individual and/or family distress. Dr. Fruzzetti currently has grant funding for a major treatment trail comparing DBT with psychodynamic psychotherapy and for the development of effective applications of DBT to women victims of intimate partner abuse. Dr. Fruzzetti is also Research Director and Member of the Board of Directors of the National Educational Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder, and a co-developer of the Family Connections Program. He has provided extensive training in the United States, Europe, and Australia in DBT for individuals with borderline personality and related disorders, in Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Couples, Parents, and Families, in Family Connections, and in managing clients with multiple problems and reducing therapist burnout. He has authored or co-authored dozens of scholarly articles and book chapters on these and related topics, and a recent book on DBT for high conflict couples and families.

HOFFMAN, PERRY D., PhD President, NEA.BPD
	Perry D. Hoffman, Ph.D. is the President and a co-founder of the National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder (www.borderlinepersonalitydisorder.com). She has several grants from the National Institute of Mental Health with a focus on families who have a relative with borderline personality disorder. Dr. Hoffman is co-designer of the 12-week psycho-education course for families, Family Connections, which is available in many locations both in the United States as well as other countries. She is coeditor, with John G. Gunderson, MD, of the book Understanding and Treating Borderline Personality Disorder: A Guide for Professionals and Family Member and coeditor of Borderline Personality Disorder: Meeting the Challenges to Successful Treatment. Dr. Hoffman, who is intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), has been the director of several DBT treatment programs in the New York area and now is in private practice in New York City and Westchester County, NY.

KISSELL, ROBIN, MD Director, Borderline Personality Disorder Initiative, UCLA Department of Psychiatry Clinical Director, Borderline Personality Disorder Clinic, UCLA Neuropsychiatric and Behavioral Health Services
	Robin Kissell, MD, is the director of the Borderline Personality Disorder Initiative at the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, UCLA, an Associate Clinical Professor and Clinical Instructor in the UCLA Geffen School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, a training and supervising analyst for the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute, and she maintains a private practice in adult psychiatry and psychoanalysis. After completing her undergraduate work at McGill University, she attended medical school at Harvard and Case Western, and then completed medical internship and psychiatry residency at UCLA. In addition, her advanced training includes a post-doctoral fellowship in affective disorders from UCLA, psychoanalytic training from the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute, and intensive training in both Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Mentalization Based Therapy. Dr. Kissell received a NARSAD Young Investigator’s Award for her research on bipolar disorder, the Kurfess Award for her research on the effects of personality disorders on the course of bipolar disorder, and was an invited participant for an NIMH think tank on Borderline Personality Disorder. She is very active in providing training and consultation on Mentalization Based Therapy and personality disorder treatment issues.

KUPPER, DANIEL A., PhD Borderline Personality Disorder Initiative, Department of Psychiatry, The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
	Daniel A Kupper, PhD is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Lecturer in Psychology at UCLA. He serves as a supervisor and principal psychotherapist with the UCLA Borderline Personality Disorder Initiative, and supervises in the Interpersonal Psychotherapy Clinic (IPT). Dr. Kupper completed his doctorate in clinical psychology at UCLA and then pursued research in “unconscious person perception” as a postdoctoral fellow. He has received advanced training in Davanloo’s Intensive Short-Term Intensive Psychotherapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Mentalization-Based Treatment, and maintains a private psychotherapy and consultation practice in Los Angeles.

PAYNE, ADAM, PhD Psychologist, Center for Cognitive and Dialectical Behavior Therapy DBT Trainer, Behavioraltech, LLC Clinical Supervisor, Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics, University of Washington
	Adam Payne, Ph.D., received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1996. Dr. Payne is a founding member of the Center for Cognitive and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (CCDBT). The CCDBT aims to provide effective, evidence-based, psychotherapeutic treatments for children, adolescents, and adults. The main office of this center is in Lake Success, NY on Long Island. The cornerstones of the CCDBT are programs in Adult and Adolescent Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Prior to the formation of the CCDBT, Dr. Payne served as the Clinical Coordinator of the Adolescent DBT Program at Schneider Children's Hospital. Beginning in 1999, that DBT team developed a comprehensive Adolescent DBT program at Schneider Children's Hospital, part of the North Shore - Long Island Jewish Health System. Dr. Payne is an international trainer for Behavioral Tech, LLC. Dr. Payne provides long-distance clinical supervision to graduate students in clinical psychology at the University of Washington as a faculty appointed Clinical Supervisor. More locally, Dr. Payne has been an invited speaker to school districts and mental health settings to present information about the application of DBT to adolescent populations. Dr. Payne also previously served as the staff psychologist of the Adolescent Treatment Team of the Child and Adolescent Day Hospital at Zucker Hillside Hospital. Prior to the formation of the CCDBT, Dr. Payne also maintained a faculty practice for treatment of children, adolescents, and adults within Zucker Hillside Hospital on Long Island.

REYNOLDS, SARAH, PhD Cognitive & Behavioral Consultants of Westchester, NY Adjunct Assistant Professor, Columbia University School of Social Work
	Sarah K. Reynolds, PhD is well-known to the national and international DBT community for her teaching and service, and she continues to provide training and consultation through Behavioral Tech, LLC. She was trained in DBT under the direct supervision of Dr. Marsha Linehan during a three-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Washington, where she was a DBT research therapist and expert adherence coder. Dr. Reynolds is an Executive Board member of the International Society for the Improvement and Teaching of DBT, and was elected to serve a two-year term as Program Chair for their Annual Meetings in 2008-2009. Together with Dr. Alec Miller, she is currently involved in an ongoing research project with the University of Oslo in Norway studying the efficacy of DBT for suicidal teenagers. She is active in providing CBT and DBT treatment at Cognitive & Behavioral Consultants of Westchester, a group private practice in White Plains, NY, and she is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Columbia University School of Social Work. She has published both theoretical and empirical articles on DBT, personality disorders, and suicidal behavior.

RIZVI, SHIREEN, PhD Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University Director, Dialectical Behavior Therapy Clinic-Rutgers University (DBT-RU)
	Shireen Rizvi, Ph.D., received her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Washington. She studied borderline personality disorder and DBT for more than five years under the mentorship of Dr. Linehan and worked as a research therapist in Dr. Linehan’s research lab, providing individual psychotherapy and skills training. Her dissertation research focused on the use of the DBT skill of “opposite action” to treat shame. She completed her predoctoral clinical internship at the Boston Consortium in Clinical Psychology and an NIMH postdoctoral fellowship at the National Center for PTSD at the Boston VA Healthcare System. Following her fellowship, Dr. Rizvi was Assistant Professor of Psychology at the New School for Social Research in New York City. Beginning in 2009, Dr. Rizvi is Assistant Professor of Psychology at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP) at Rutgers University. Dr. Rizvi has written and presented numerous theoretical and research papers on BPD, DBT, and trauma. Her areas of research and clinical expertise include shame, treatment development, trauma, and development of mobile technology applications to aid in skills generalization. With colleagues at Behavioral Tech Research, she has received grant support from the National Institute of Drug Abuse to develop a prototype for a DBT skills coaching program to be used on smartphones.

SIMPSON, ELIZABETH B., MD Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Medical Director, Massachusetts Mental Health Center
	Elizabeth B. Simpson, MD, a clinical instructor in psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School, is the medical director of the MA Mental Health Center, associate training director for the Harvard Longwood psychiatry residency training program, and director of MMHC's Dialectical Behavior Therapy program. The MMHC offers partial hospital, outpatient, and residential DBT services to chronically mentally ill people with borderline personality disorder and other treatment resistant conditions. Dr. Simpson's depth and breadth of experience brings a useful perspective to bear on the clinical problems behaviorally disordered individuals present to mental health systems.

SMITH, GEORGE, LICSW Program Director, Borderline Center Outpatient Program Director, Outpatient Group Services, McLean Hospital
	George Smith has been at McLean Hospital since 1975, and has spent the last 20 years working with John Gunderson's programs for treating Borderline Personality Disorder. George was the program director of a residential partial hospital program for BPD from 1990-1995, and in 1996 developed and directed an Intensive Outpatient Program for BPD. Currently, he is the program director of McLean's Borderline Center Outpatient program, which is a comprehensive treatment integrating Mentalization Based Therapy, DBT, and other cognitive behavioral and psychodynamic approaches. George was first trained to do MBT in 2004, and has been leading MBT groups since 2005.

SPECIAL SPEAKERS

DEVALDIVIA, MARIE-PAULE, MBS Board Member, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
	Marie-Paule de Valdivia came to the U.S. 30 years ago from her native France to complement her business education. Upon graduation and armed with an MBS, she decided to make the U.S. her permanent home and gained business experience working for 10 years for Leo Burnett Advertising, and then took seven years off to raise two children she and her supportive husband had adopted in Romania in 1991: a newborn and a 2½ year old hurt little girl. As the children started school, she excitedly went back to work, in the marketing research field this time; until three years ago when her daughter presented with severe BPD symptoms. Now that her daughter has made marked progress, Marie-Paule has embarked on the MSW program at Southern Connecticut State University. She is on the Board of NEA-BPD and greatly enjoys teaching ©Family Connections classes, either in person or TeleConnections via phone.

VAN GELDER, KIERA, MFA Author, The Buddha and The Borderline
	Kiera Van Gelder, MFA, is a writer, artist and educator, with poetry, fiction and essays published in numerous literary and mental health journals. Her recent memoir The Buddha and the Borderline: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder Through Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Buddhism, and Online Dating has received rave reviews and has been a top seller in Amazon.com's Buddhism and Mental Health categories since its release. An international speaker and presenter, Ms. Van Gelder is featured in the documentary "Back from the Edge: Living with and Recovering from Borderline Personality Disorder," produced by the award-winning Lichtenstein Creative Media. She has served on the board of directors of the New England Personality Disorder Association, and as the Massachusetts representative for the National Alliance on Mental Illness Consumer Council. She has provided BPD consultation and training for numerous organizations including Project Transition in Chalfont, Pennsylvania, the Dallas/Ft. Worth VA Hospital, and the Errera Community Care Center in West Haven, Connecticut, the National Alliance on Mental Illness in Washington DC; and Vinfen, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Currently Ms. Van Gelder is working on her second memoir.

CONFERENCE COORDINATORS

ANSELL, EMILY B., PhD Associate Research Scientist, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine
	Emily B. Ansell, PhD is an Associate Research Scientist in the Yale University School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry. She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the Pennsylvania State University and completed her postdoctoral training at Yale University as project director for the NIH funded Collaborative Longitudinal Personality Disorders Study (CLPS). In 2008, she joined the faculty at Yale University. She has extensive clinical assessment, psychotherapy, and research experience working with clients diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Her research has examined the psychosocial functioning, treatment utilization, and course of anxiety disorders in individuals with personality disorder diagnoses, particularly borderline, avoidant, narcissistic, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders. Currently she is investigating the role that interpersonal problems, personality traits, and cumulative adversity have in maladaptive behaviors, including addiction and suicide-related outcomes. Her research is funded by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

CAIN, NICOLE, PhD Post-Doctoral Fellow, New-York Presbyterian Hospital Department of Psychology, Weill Connell Medical Center
	Nicole Cain, Ph.D. is a Postdoctoral Fellow at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College in the Department of Psychology. She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from The Pennsylvania State University. She has extensive experience in the assessment and treatment of individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Her primary research interests include examining how interpersonal problems impact psychotherapy course and outcome for various Axis I disorders as well as personality disorders. As part of her current fellowship, Dr. Cain serves as project director for an fMRI study examining the efficacy of psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder. She is also receiving training in Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) as well as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).

MACEWAN, GREG, MS Predoctoral Psychology Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine
	Greg MacEwan, MS is a Pre-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine, where he is a team member in the DBT Intensive Outpatient Program at the Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital. He is a graduate student in clinical psychology at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst. He has been a research affiliate at the Austen Riggs Center since 2007. His research interests include borderline personality disorder, suicidal and self-injurious behaviors, and the therapeutic alliance.

PEREPLETCHKOVA, FRANCHESKA, PHD Associate Research Scientist, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine
	Francheska Perepletchikova, PhD is an Associate Research Scientist at the Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Perepletchikova has a long-standing interest in child psychopathology, parental factors and relevant interventions. Specifically, her prior research focused on the examination of parenting practices related to behavior problems in children and adolescents, and she is currently adapting Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to children. Dr. Perepletchikova was born and raised in Odessa, Ukraine and attended Odessa State University, with major in English Language and Literature. She received her B.A. in Psychology from St. John's University, M.A. in Developmental Psychology from Columbia University and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Yale University. Her research focused on childhood psychopathology and evaluation of treatment integrity in treatment outcome research. Dr. Perepletchikova has extensive experience in research and treatment of adults, adolescents and children with emotional and behavioral dysregulation, including BPD. She was trained in DBT while on internship at Yale University School of Medicine, and she obtained intensive and advanced intensive trainings in DBT with Marsha Linehan's Behavioral Tech. Dr. Perepletchikova is currently examining preliminary feasibility and efficacy of DBT adapted for pre-adolescent children exposed to trauma, and exhibiting suicidality and/or self-harm behaviors. Further, she is also evaluating efficacy of this intervention for children with severe emotional and behavioral dysregulation in residential care.

PARKING
Available at Air Rights Garage http://www.ynhh.org/directio/air_rights_garage or just search "Air Rights Garage, New Haven"

DIRECTIONS
I-95 traveling north or south
Exit 47 to Route 34 west to Exit 2 or 3. Follow signs. Covered entrance at 20 York Street. Visitor parking available in Air Rights Garage. Enter from North or South Frontage Roads, or York Street. A covered pedestrian bridge connects the second floor of the garage to the main Hospital entrance.

I-91 traveling south
Exit 1 to Route 34 west to Exit 2 or 3. Follow signs. Covered entrance at 20 York Street. Visitor parking available in Air Rights Garage. Enter from North or South Frontage Roads, or York Street. A covered pedestrian bridge connects the second floor of the garage to the main Hospital entrance.

Wilbur Cross Parkway (Rte. 15) traveling south
Exit 59 immediately after tunnel. Right at end of ramp. Merge left onto Whalley Avenue at light. Stay on Whalley until you see signs for Yale-New Haven at Park Street. Follow signs. Covered entrance at 20 York Street. Visitor parking available in Air Rights Garage. Enter from North or South Frontage Roads, or York Street. A covered pedestrian bridge connects the second floor of the garage to the main Hospital entrance.

Merritt Parkway (Rte. 15) traveling north
Exit 57 to Route 34 east into New Haven. Right onto Ella T. Grasso Boulevard (Rte. 10) and left onto South Frontage Road (Legion Ave.). Follow hospital and Rte. 34 signs. Covered entrance at 20 York Street. Visitor parking available in Air Rights Garage. Enter from North or South Frontage Roads, or York Street. A covered pedestrian bridge connects the second floor of the garage to the main Hospital entrance.

Route 1 (Boston Post Road) traveling east
After crossing Ella T. Grasso Boulevard (Rte. 10), turn left onto Davenport Avenue. When Davenport crosses Howard Avenue, it becomes York Street. Hospital's main entrance is on the left. Parking is straight ahead in Air Rights Garage spanning York Street. A covered pedestrian bridge connects the second floor of the garage to the main Hospital entrance.

Empirically Supported Therapies for Borderline Personality Disorder: Common and Distinguishing Aspects of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT)

Empirically Supported Therapies for Borderline Personality Disorder:
Common and Distinguishing Aspects of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
and Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT)