Beyond Diagnosis: Personality Dynamics in High-Conflict Cases, January 14, 2027
Date
January 14, 2027
Time
11 AM to 3 PM EST
Trainer
Presented by Dr. Jeremiah Stokes.
Dr. Jeremiah Stokes is a psychotherapist, professor, consultant and author. His clinical experience spans over a decade, where he has provided mental health services in a number of different clinical settings including hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, community agencies and private practice. Dr. Stokes currently serves as owner and clinical director of Stokes Counseling and Consulting, which is an outpatient therapy center where nearly 20 mental health professionals provide services to people on the full continuum of the lifecycle, including children, adolescents, couples and families. Dr. Stokes has dedicated some of his personal clinical expertise to assisting families going through high-conflict divorce and other challenging family dynamics related to separation, blended families, and co-parenting. Of these services, Reunification Therapy is a particular area of passion and focus. In addition to his own personal clinical practice, he also provides supervision and consultation for various mental health professionals.
In addition to clinical services, Dr. Stokes also has a passion for teaching and has served in various roles as a college professor. However, he currently serves as a supporting faculty member at Rollins College, where he teaches in the counseling program. Dr. Stokes has written and published in academic journals, textbook chapters and other scholarly works. He also wrote and published a Social and Emotional Learning Curriculum for middle and high school students.
Training Details
Live virtual training
High-conflict cases often involve complex personality dynamics that cannot be adequately understood through diagnosis alone. This four-hour advanced training examines personality through multiple theoretical and assessment perspectives, including contemporary personality models, psychodynamic, psychometric, dimensional, attachment,-informed models, and standard DSMV representations of understanding personality.
Participants will explore the role of personality structure, temperament, traits, defensive functioning, attachment, affect regulation, identity, and interpersonal functioning in the development and maintenance of high-conflict patterns. Particular attention will be given to personality features commonly encountered in these cases, including narcissistic characteristics, features commonly associated with Borderline Personality Disorder, paranoia, suspiciousness, rigidity, emotional dysregulation, splitting, projection, externalization, attachment insecurity, and impaired mentalization.
Emphasis will be placed on distinguishing personality traits and dynamics from personality-disorder diagnoses and integrating personality formulation into assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and case conceptualization. Participants will leave with a multidimensional framework for understanding not simply what diagnosis a person has, but how personality shapes the way individuals experience themselves, perceive others, manage conflict, and function within relationships and family systems.
Training Methods
Training will include direct content, case study analysis, and interactive and partner work activities.
This Training will be appropriate for mental health professionals.
Continuing Education Credits (CEUs)
4 CEUs have been approved by the Florida Board for LMHCs, LCSWs, and LMFTs for this training and will be available for Licensed Mental Health Professionals.
Please Note: For attendees wishing to make payment via check, please make the check payable to Conflict Solutions Group and mail it to the below address:
Conflict Solutions Group
Attn. Terry Mattingly
1681 North Maitland Avenue
Maitland, FL 32751
