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

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


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An excellent introduction for students of psychoanalytic diagnostic thinking, this book clearly explicates the major clinically important character types and suggests how an appreciation of the patients's individual personality structure should influence the therapist's focus and style of intervention. Eschewing the dense jargon that often discourages beginning therapists, the book is engagingly written and includes numerous vignettes that bring concepts to life. Psychoanalytic Diagnosis will be of interest to psychotherapists, psychologists, and clinical therapists. It is ideal for beginning therapists and students of psychotherapy and psychology.

Table of Contents:
Introduction. A Comment on Terminology. A Comment on Tone. Part I. Conceptual Issues. Why Diagnose? Psychoanalytic Character Diagnosis. Developmental Levels of Personality Organization. Clinical Implications of Developmental Levels of Organization. Primary (Primitive) Defensive Processes. Secondary (Higher-Order). Part II. Types of Character Organization. Psychopathic (Antisocial) Personalities. Narcissistic Personalities. Schizoid Personalities. Paranoid Personalities. Depressive and Manic Personalities. Masochistic (Self-Defeating). Obsessive and Compulsive Personalities. Hysterical (Histrionic) Personalities. Dissociative Personalities. Appendix: Suggested Diagnostic Interview Format. References. Author Index. Subject Index.

Review :
This text serves as a good introduction to the field of psychodynamic therapy and conceptualization. - American Journal of Psychotherapy Thanks to McWilliams's excellent book, those of us who teach or supervise can at last offer our students and supervisees a comprehensive, exceptionally well-organized text on diagnosis, grounded in evolv ing psychoanalytic theory and focused on linking diagnosis to the appropriate therapeutic response....Since reading Psychoanalytic Diagnosis, I have found myself using it as a teaching tool and reference when diagnostic questions arise that have implications for therapeutic intervantions. - Contemporary Psychology 41:6 "If a 'charming textbook' seems like an oxymoron, then welcome to Nancy McWilliams's Psychoanalytic Diagnosis. Her book is just such a wonder....McWilliams has succeeded in producing a book for initial learning that will remain on her readers' desk s as a frequently thumbed manual. - Psychoanalytic


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780898621990
  • Publisher: Guilford Publications
  • Publisher Imprint: Guilford Publications
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process
  • ISBN-10: 0898621992
  • Publisher Date: 07 Jul 1994
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 682 gr


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