Bennett Seminar Series
2 – Schizoid Personalities: Psychodynamic Conceptualization and Psychotherapy
Date: Friday May 24th, 1pm-4pm Rescheduled to Friday 6/21 1-4pm
Location: Online
Cost: $85
Seminar Description
This Continuing Education (CE) seminar will explore treatment considerations with the “perceptive” personality style, as well as the clinical diagnosis of schizoid personality disorder. Perceptive personalities retreat into internal lives to the point that they sometimes become unresponsive to their outer ones. People with “perceptive” personalities may come across as dreamers, loners, or idealists and sometimes younger ones raise concerns among loved ones due to “failure to launch”. Although people with these characteristics may resist the idea of therapy, they can bloom when working with a skilled therapist who understands where they are coming from. The instructor, psychologist Dr Matthew Bennett, will provide an overview of schizoid dynamics, defensive style, and how the personality is represented in diagnostic nomenclature. The seminar will also include discussions of this personality style in cultural context, differential diagnosis with other clinical presentations, and best treatment approaches.
Learning Objectives
- Identify characteristic defensive styles and interpersonal behavior cues of schizoid personalities.
- Identify and critique popular and culture-based lay perspectives on schizoid conditions which lead to misunderstanding and ineffective approaches.
- Develop strategies which contribute to an effective therapeutic stance in psychotherapy with schizoid personalities.
Instructor:
Dr. Matthew Bennett, Chair of the Counseling Psychology Department at Pacifica Graduate Institute, teaches classes in theories of psychotherapy and psychological assessment. Matthew is a licensed psychologist, lecturer, and administrator with experience in public sector mental health and substance abuse treatment. He has broad experience in program development. He was formerly founder and first Director of Training for the Ventura County Behavioral Health Pre-Doctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology and Chair-Elect of the Psychology Department at Ventura County Medical Center in Ventura, California. His research interests include personality disorders, comparative personality theory, and internet applications for mental health. Dr. Bennett is also a returned Peace Corps volunteer (“Poland III, 1991-1993”).
Mathew Bennett’s book on the topic of these lecture is set to release on Sept. 17th. Orders can be made here.
Date of all seminars: 5/10, 5/24, 6/7, 7/12, 8/9
