Upcoming Seminars
A New Way of Thinking About BPD and Personality Disorders: A Shift from Categories to Dimensions
About the Presenters:
Frank Yeomans, M.D., Ph.D, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and Director of Training at the Personality Disorders Institute of Weill-Cornell. He is president of the International Society for Transference-Focused Psychotherapy and a founding member of Emotions Matter, where he now serves on the Education Committee. He headed Weill Cornell's specialized BPD unit for ten years and has co-authored several books on Transference-Focused Psychotherapy.
Alexandra Stein, Ph.D. is a clinician, researcher, and advocate dedicated to advancing a deeper understanding of BPD. She is currently a psychologist at Silver Hill New York, specializing in the assessment and treatment of personality disorders. Her research highlights and explains the lived experience of having a “favorite person” in BPD and she recently introduced the first formal definition of the term to the scholarly literature.
Past Seminars
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2026 Seminars
Understanding the “Favorite Person” Concept in Borderline Personality Disorder
The Neurobiology of Borderline Personality Disorder
Navigating BPD Together: Understanding Family, Relationships, and Support
The Intersection of Borderline Personality Disorder and Substance Use
The Cost of Stigma: Living and Working with Borderline Personality Disorder
Let’s Talk Invalidation: How Identity-Based Stress Can Shape Borderline Personality Symptoms