Certified Personality Disorder Treatment Specialist

$369.95

Become a
Certified Personality Disorder Treatment Specialist
(CPDTS)

INDEPENDENT HOME STUDY PROGRAM
18 CEU Credit Hours - NAADAC / NBCC Approved

Treating personality disorder, an Axis II diagnosis, requires a different level of counseling strategy. This intensive program is designed to help you develop your skills, create strength-focused interventions to make progress with difficult clients, and enhance your professional recognition.

Certified Personality Disorder Treatment Specialist (CPDTS)
$349

The 18-hour certification course content is comprised of the following core educational components:

(You Must have access to a DSM-IV or DSM-IV-TR to complete this certification program - it is Not included with the course materials.)

ADVANCED 'PERSONALITY DISORDER' TREATMENT
12 Hours - Textbook
Handbook of Diagnosis and Treatment of DSM-IV
Personality Disorders: Revised Edition
- by Len Sperry
Provides theoretical and practical information on the diagnosis and treatment of personality disorders as defined in the DSM-IV-TR. Offers assessment and therapeutic strategies and a theoretical overview for a full range of pathologies. Cites case examples.

PERSONALITY DISORDERS
6 Hours - Audio CD & Text
This course overviews the general diagnostic criteria for all 10 DSM-IV Personality Disorders, and offers practical and effective intervention ideas for working with these often frustrating and emotionally draining clients, even Borderlines and Antisocials.

This CE-CEU-CNE program is appropriate for all mental health professional counseling counselors (LPC, LCPC, LPCC, MHC, RMHC, NCC), marriage and family therapy therapists (MFT, LMFT, RMFT), social work social workers (SW, LCSW, LMSW, SWA, LICSW), psychologists, psychology associates (LPA), chemical dependency substance abuse counselors (LCDC, CADC, CAD, DAC, CAAD, CSAC), and nursing registered nurses (RN, LPN, LVN), and related behavioral health professionals.

SHIPPING, CERTIFICATION AND CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT
When you place your order, we will ship the course materials, instructions, the Application for Certification and the Evaluation of Learning Quiz for documentation to you via Post Office mail. All course materials are included in the price, and are yours to keep.
You may work through the program at your own pace. Once you have read and watched or listened to all of the course materials, you will complete and return to us the Evaluation of Learning Quiz, which asks questions about the coursework, and the Application for Certification. Questions will be in True/False and/or brief essay format.
We will then send your CEU certificate and your Certification designation certificates via mail.
PeachTree Professional Education, Inc is approved to provide continuing education credits for this professional development course by NAADAC, NBCC and many other mental health-related state regulatory boards (social work, professional counseling, marriage and family, psychology, chemical dependency). We are also an approved provider of Nursing CNE by the California Board of Nursing.
Consult your state board directly if you have questions regarding the acceptance of independent homestudy CE hours.