Understanding and working with people with personality disorder

Patients with personality disorder may have a range of complex clinical needs. Psychiatrists can experience uncertainty when considering how best to assess and understand these needs, and how to provide appropriate and effective care following assessment.

This event will describe how Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP), a state-of-the-art, evidence-based treatment for patients with personality disorder, can contribute to general psychiatric management of these patients. It will describe its relevance to general adult psychiatrists in routine outpatient or inpatient settings rather than its application in an individual psychotherapy treatment.

After attending this event, regarding a patient with a personality disorder, attendees will be able to:

• Describe a way to understand the patient’s presentation and symptoms
• Describe an approach to formulating the patient
• Describe an overall approach to planning how to work with the patient
• Describe what to do in the actual encounter with the patient
• Describe what to do when there is a need to reframe the initial plan

This event will be hosted online via our online platform, EventsAir. You will have the option to watch live, or on-demand later.

Registered attendees will receive their link to watch the conference in their joining instructions. Joining instructions will be sent out a week before the conference is due to take place. You will also receive access to event recordings for twelve weeks post event (Wednesday 5 May 2027), subject to speakers permissions.

All registered attendees will also have access to this conference recording until Wednesday 5 May 2027 (12 weeks).

• Visit our EventsAir FAQs for attendees in advance of the event to familiarise yourself with the platform and to troubleshoot any problems you may have.
• We have also produced an Attendee EventsAir Guidance Booklet which covers all aspects of your journey as an attendee on the online platform. The guide will take you through what you can expect from the EventsAir platform (Joining a conference session, Networking with other attendees, How to view resources, How to watch at a later date, Technical queries)
• You could also watch our handy Attendee Explainer Video

We recommend that you log into the platform in advance of the event to ensure that you are able to access the platform. The recommended browser for EventsAir is Google Chrome, other browsers may not be compatible with the platform functionality.

When you join the event online you will be able to:

• View a video of the speaker alongside any slides
• Ask your questions to the speakers and chat with other delegates via the discussion forum

To successfully join the event online you will need:

• Access to a reliable internet connection
• A PC, laptop, tablet or phone

Ticket prices – you will be able to select your ticket type when you make your booking.

When you select the yellow booking button, you will be able to register an account if you are not already a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists – you can then book your preferred ticket type.

Book online – pay using a debit card or credit card and receive instant confirmation and a receipt

Is your organisation paying on your behalf? – Use the online booking system to request a payment link – you can share this link with your organisation if they are paying on your behalf

The small print

• Event registrations are confirmed when payment is received in full.
• Joining instructions are sent approximately one week in advance.

Read our terms and conditions before making your booking, which covers:

• Event Cancellation Policy
• Privacy Policy
• Code of Conduct
• Parent and baby policy

The fee you pay relates to your RCPsych membership status – check your status.

The subsidised rate includes those on lower incomes paying a subsidised RCPsych membership rate (maternity or parental leave, working part-time, or taking a career break) and International RCPsych Members residing in band D and C countries.

Medical Students and Foundation Year Doctors can apply for free RCPsych membership, which then gives you access to reduced conference registration fees, amongst other benefits

We welcome allied health professionals to the conference, which is at the non-member/allied health professionals ticket option:

• Art therapists
• Dietitians
• Dramatherapists
• Music therapists
• Occupational therapists
• Operating department practitioners
• Orthoptists
• Osteopaths
• Paramedics
• Physiotherapists
• Podiatrists
• Prosthetists and orthotists
• Radiographers
• Speech and language therapists