Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process - Nancy McWilliams

Category: Adults, Misc. Non-fiction, Science
Language: English
Keywords: Counselling Mental Health Psychiatry Psychoanalysis Psychology Social Work

Written by Nancy McWilliams
Read by Allison Posner
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

Winner—Canadian Psychological Association’s Goethe Award for Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Scholarship

This acclaimed clinical guide and widely adopted text has filled a key need in the field since its original publication. Nancy McWilliams makes psychoanalytic personality theory and its implications for practice accessible to practitioners of all levels of experience. She explains major character types and demonstrates specific ways that understanding the patient’s individual personality structure can influence the therapist’s focus and style of intervention. Guidelines are provided for developing a systematic yet flexible diagnostic formulation and using it to inform treatment. A wealth of illustrative clinical examples are featured.

Length: 19 hrs and 55 mins
Release date: 05-10-24