If you don’t understand “personality disorders,” then you don’t understand homelessness.
Why?
Because 92% of chronically homeless individuals suffer from one or more.
And 10-20% of the general population does too!
Next week’s webinar is my interview with Gregory Lester, Ph.D.
Dr. Lester is a clinical psychologist, and one of the leading experts on personality disorders.
In the interview, Dr. Lester offered this quick non-clinical test for figuring out who has a personality disorder:
- The person is frequently surrounded by upset, confusion and conflict.
- The person repeatedly triggers annoyance and irritation in you.
- People talk unkindly about the person, saying things like “inappropriate,” “rude,” “jerk,” etc.
Do you see the problem?
One of the biggest challenges of a personality disorder is that it doesn’t look like a mental illness.
As Dr. Lester says, “People don’t call them mentally ill. They call them jerks.”
While they don’t look like it, personality disorders are very much a mental health disorder.
Just as importantly, there are specific tools and techniques that you can use to reduce problems when working with someone with a personality disorder.
Want to learn more?
Date: January 9, 2024
Time: 1pm Central for 60 minutes
Format: 45 minutes of my interviewing Dr. Lester followed by 15 minutes of live questions from the audience.
Cost: Free
To Register: https://www.homelesstraining.com/next-live-training/
Have a fantastic week!
Peace,
Ryan
