Working with Co-occurring BPD and Complex Trauma

Working with Co-occuring BPD and Complex Trauma (1 day) Tuesday 16th June 2026

This one-day workshop is for mental health clinicians and psychiatrists who work with people with Complex Trauma backgrounds. The workshop will address assessment, diagnosis and treatment of borderline personality disorder and Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder when they co-occur.

On completion of this workshop participants will be able to:

Understand how to assess CPTSD and BPD Differentiate between CPTSD and BPD Understand treatment principles for CPTSD and BPD Prerequisite: Previous experience in working with people with BPD.

Presenters:

Associate Professor Sathya Rao is a psychiatrist and the Executive Clinical Director of Spectrum Personality Disorder Service. He is the Vice President of the Australian BPD Foundation. He is also an adjunct clinical associate professor at Monash University. Dr Rao is involved in clinical research and has published research papers, contributed chapters and co-authored books on borderline personality disorder. He was a member of the NHMRC Clinical Practice Guidelines development committee, 2012. He has taught clinicians across Australia and was the head of psychiatry training program of Victoria for the RANZCP previously. He is involved in treating complex personality disorder patients and provides second opinions and secondary consultations for complex clinical conditions associated with personality disorders. He was the recipient of the 2020 Meritorious Award of the Victorian Branch of RANZCP. In recognition of his contributions to psychiatry he received the award of the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) (General Division) in June 2022.

Marianne Weddell is Clinical Manager & Clinical Specialist of Spectrum. She is a Clinical Psychologist with 20 years’ experience in public and private setting treating a wide range of disorders, managing teams, training staff and supervising/mentoring clinicians. She has a special interest and significant experience with borderline personality disorder, in particular developing service and family systems to work effectively in this space. She believes in therapy as a tool to help people understand themselves, their passions and build a life worth living.

Who should attend?

Mental health clinicians, psych registrars and psychiatrists who are interested and work with people who have complex trauma related psychiatric disorders (CPTSD &BPD)

Cost: $300 (payable by credit card only)

Lunch: A complementary light lunch is provided.

Getting to Spectrum: Spectrum is located at 110 Church Street, on the corner of Church Street and Tweedie Place. Entrance is via the front of the building, to the right of the Skoda car dealership.

Public transport:

Tram 78 on Church Street. Alight at Tweedie Pl/Church Street (Stop 63). Tram 109 on Victoria Parade (about a 5 min walk to 110 Church Street) Tram 75 on Bridge Rd (about a 7 min walk to 110 Church Street) Car parking:

There is very limited 2 hou