Split Personalities: The Dramatic Divergence Between the DSM and the ICD’s Approach to Personality Disorders On-Demand CE Webinar for therapists, counselors, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists
 

Split Personalities: The Dramatic Divergence Between the DSM and the ICD’s Approach to Personality Disorders


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  • CE Hours Included: 3 (please see below for details)
  • Format: On-Demand Webinar (“Asynchronous”, Non-Interactive) ~ At your leisure this recorded video is to be viewed at your own pace. You may pause, rewind, and fast forward at any point during the videos. You are in complete control of how you view this workshop. It also comes with a PowerPoint and references. There is a quiz at the end to ensure viewing and required by all CE approval organizations.
  • Investment: $87 (provides lifetime access!)
  • Presented by: Greg Neimeyer, Ph.D. (see bio below)
  • Date of Recording: January 14, 2027
  • Instruction Level: Intermediate
  • Target Audience: Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists
  • This workshop is not yet available; by pre-registering, you will receive immediate access when it becomes available in January.

Learning Objectives:

After completing this workshop in its entirety, you will be able to:

  • Identify three Personality disorders that have been discontinued in the DSM
  • Explain the advantages of a dimensional approach over a categorical approach to diagnosing personality disorders
  • Identify at least three of the five personality dimensions used in the new ICD-11 approach to diagnosing personality disorders

Workshop Description:

As a practicing clinician, you may not treat patients with a Personality Disorder, but every patient you treat has a personality. Knowing something about their personality can provide a useful context for better understanding the nature of their presenting problems and guiding potential approaches to treatment. This workshop compares and contrasts different approaches to understanding the Personality Disorders, emphasizing the recent divergence between the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) and the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD). The DSM has a long history of supporting a categorical approach to diagnosing personality disorders, which was challenged with the DSM-5’s introduction of a hybrid model that was part dimensional and part categorical. The ICD-11, by comparison, eliminates the categorical approach and replaces it with a fully dimensional approach. This workshop discusses these differences and their clinical implications.

Case illustrations highlight the advantages and disadvantages of categorical and dimensional approaches, and clinically useful diagnostic tools, like the PID-5, are provided. This workshop is designed for the practicing clinician interested in understanding the role of personality and personality disorders in psychodiagnosis and psychotherapy.

Workshop Agenda:

  • Workshop Overview (15 mins)
    • Disclosures
    • Outline
  • The DSM and the ICD (30 mins)
    • Development of the Diagnostic Systems
    • Contemporary Relationship Between the Diagnostic Systems
  • The DSM-5-TR Personality Disorders (30 mins)
    • 10 Recognized Disorders
    • Other Specified and Unspecified Disorders
  • The Trouble with Typologies (15 mins)
    • Confounding Comorbidities
    • Selective Inclusions
  • The Parade of Pathology (15 mins)
  • Difficulty of Dimensions (15 mins)
    • Attempts at Dimensionalizing
    • Challenges to Dimensionalizing
  • The Challenge of Change (15 mins)
    • The Hybrid Model of Personality Disorders
    • The Promise of the PID-5
  • The ICD-11 Personality Disorders (30 mins)
    • Understanding the Diagnostic Dashboard
    • Case Studies: Applying the Diagnostic Dashboard
  • Reflections and Anticipations with Q and A (15 mins)

Presented by: Greg Neimeyer, Ph.D.

Dr. Neimeyer is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at the University of Florida, where he served both as Graduate Coordinator and Director of Training in the APA-approved doctoral training program. A Fellow of the American Psychological Association, he is also a recipient of its Award for Outstanding Research in Personality and Career Psychology. The former Director of the Office of Continuing Education in Psychology at the American Psychological Association, Dr. Neimeyer has also served as the Chair of the Executive Board of the Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs in the United States.

Dr. Neimeyer has received numerous awards for his teaching of psychopathology and psychodiagnosis and has been inducted as a lifetime member into the Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars.

3 "Asynchronous" CE Hours Included - Details by License Type Below:

  • PSYCHOLOGISTS: The Knowledge Tree, A Summit Professional Education Company is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Knowledge Tree, A Summit Professional Education Company maintains responsibility for this program and its content. For more detailed information on the current CE ruling in Georgia, or if you are licensed in another state or country, please click here.
  • COUNSELORS: The Knowledge Tree, A Summit Professional Education Company has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP), ACEP No. 7153. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Knowledge Tree, A Summit Professional Education Company is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
    • GA: Counselors in GA will receive 3 Core Hours for completing this course. Please click here for more detailed information.
  • SOCIAL WORKERS: The Knowledge Tree, a Summit Professional Education Company, provider #2470, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 1/14/2026-1/14/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 3 clinical continuing education credits.
    • GA: Social Workers in GA will receive 3 Core Hours for completing this course. Please click here for more detailed information.
  • MARRIAGE & FAMILY THERAPISTS: TKT has applied for approval for this workshop through the Georgia Association for Marriage & Family Therapy (GAMFT). If you are licensed in another state or country, please click here for more detailed information.

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Multi-Workshop Discount: There is a 10% discount when registering for two workshops, a 15% discount when registering for three or four workshops, and a 20% discount when registering for five or more workshops. To receive this discount, you must use the Multi-Workshop Registration Form (available HERE). The discount only applies to courses purchased in the same transaction; the discount cannot be applied to courses purchased directly on our website, and cannot be applied retroactively to courses previously purchased. As stated above, courses worth fewer than 3 CE hours are NOT eligible for the multi-workshop discount and are therefore not listed on the registration form.

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