Psychoanalytic Diagnosis, Second Edition

Author: Nancy McWilliams PhD
Edition: Second Edition
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 1609184947

Psychoanalytic Diagnosis, Second Edition: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process

This acclaimed clinical guide and widely adopted text has filled a key need in the field since its original publication. Medical books Psychoanalytic Diagnosis, Second Edition. 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. Highly readable, the book features a wealth of illustrative clinical examples Medical books Psychoanalytic Diagnosis, Second Edition; Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process. Psychoanalytic Diagnosis, Second Edition; Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process, ISBN-13: 9781609184940, ISBN-10: 1609184947

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Psychoanalytic Diagnosis, Second Edition; Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process, ISBN-13: 9781609184940, ISBN-10: 1609184947

Psychoanalytic Diagnosis, Second Edition: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process, ISBN-13: 9781609184940, ISBN-10: 1609184947

"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. Highly readab

"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. Highly readab

Medical Book Psychoanalytic Diagnosis, Second Edition

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. Highly readable, the book features a wealth of illustrative clinical examples.

 

New to This Edition

*Reflects the ongoing development of the author's approach over nearly two decades.

*Incorporates important advances in attachment theory, neuroscience, and the study of trauma.

*Coverage of the contemporary relational movement in psychoanalysis.