EUPD training & consultancy – Integrated evidence-based training delivered by experts in their field.

We are the UK’s leading experts in evidence-based personality disorder training. This training and consultancy is of the very highest standard and unique in the industry. Please click the leaflet image for a PDF overview of this training.

EUPD / Personality Disorder training – modules & content overview:

We carefully tailor the training to your workplace and work extensively with:

  • NHS Trusts – CMHT / A&E / CAMHS Teams
  • Residential Care Providers
  • Supported Living Providers
  • Social Housing Providers
  • Local Authority & Social Care Services
  • Sheltered Housing
  • Social Services
  • The Police
  • AMHP Services
  • Early Intervention Services
  • Private Hospitals

A) Understanding the vulnerabilities associated with EUPD

  1. Better-understand the internalised world of an individual with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) patient. (Borderline Personality Disorder is also known as EUPD).
  2. Common co-occurring mental disorders.
  3. The common vulnerabilities, expectations and experiences of individuals indicated for the disorder.
  4. Understand attachment seeking in relation to self-harm risk.
  5. Knowledge, insights and formulations to improve understanding of common presentations, trigger events, common vulnerabilities, common perpetuating factors and protective factors that can mitigate risk.

B) Improved communication skills and relationships

  1. Communication strategies and skills to better-support individuals vulnerable to BPD / EUPD. Improving the effectiveness of advice and strategies to support mental wellbeing, reduce self-defeating behaviours and improve outcomes for all.
  2. Risk stratification to improve general safeguarding.
  3. Skills to maintain boundaries and manage expectations whilst still maintaining healthy relationships.
  4. Skills to manage conflict to improve staff confidence and improve patient / staff relationships.

C) Safeguarding and safety planning.

  1. Advocacy skills – confidence to challenge any negative or prejudicial responses from other services (crisis team / CMHT / ED etc).
  2. Associated externalising personality disorders and forensic risk factors, particularly the
  3. factors associated with violence risk where indicated.
  4. Risk assessment processes – Using the HCR-20 and other risk assessment models.
  5. Keeping staff safe – learning from other’s mistakes and developing a safe model of lone working, reporting and interactional / communication models to support lone-working risk management.
  6. This training is delivered by a psychology / psychiatry qualified training consultant and free post training support is available on an informal basis. Available onsite or via MS Teams / Zoom Webinar.

The training can include a more detailed focus on safeguarding and self-harm support if required. This commonly includes:

  1. Care planning and assessment of individuals vulnerable to self-harm risk.
  2. The functions of self-injury and its relationship with personality disorder.
  3. The risk factors for suicide – improving risk assessments and safety planning.
  4. Improving insights, communication skills and fine-tuning the suicide assessment conversation.
  5. Understanding the limitations and obligations of the NHS / CMHT / Local authority. Particularly in relation to capacity, right to privacy, duty of care to protect life and the Mental Health Act 1989
  6. Escalating concerns to CMHT and the role of the AMHP.
  7. The role of the Police in safeguarding.

We offer carefully tailored content – Please contact us for more information and advice

  • Why rely on our training?
  • We provide expert, evidence-based training and consultancy to support a wide range of organisations working with patients presenting with the vulnerabilities associated with the Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD) diagnosis (also known as Borderline Personality Disorder). Co-occurring mental disorder is common to EUPD and this is considered alongside the disorder and associated challenges.
  • Our consultants are experts in this complex field. Their knowledge will help teams to better-understand the common presentations and challenges and improve supports / influence risk management and safeguarding, influence practical and interactional supports and influence skills-based interventions. The knowledge and practical aspects of the training will support your staff in numerous ways. It will influence advocacy support, help to challenge the unhealthy decisions taken by some care providers, influence care planning formulation and improve the management of potential comorbidities.
  • This training will improve staff awareness, improve team working and interactional / therapeutic supports and improve skills-based recovery planning outcomes. The training can be tailored to support individuals or teams delivering Structured Clinical Management within the NHS.
  • We provide EUPD / personality disorder training to a wide range of organisations including CMHT/Crisis teams, NHS trusts / ED departments, The Police, International charities, residential care, community-based supports, adults social care and most areas of local authority social work, AMHPs, and specialist mental health support / crisis services.