Psychoanalytic diagnosis [electronic resource] : understanding personality structure in the clinical process / Nancy McWilliams.
McWilliams, Nancy.
2011
RC489.T95 M38 2011eb
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Title Psychoanalytic diagnosis [electronic resource] : understanding personality structure in the clinical process / Nancy McWilliams.
Author McWilliams, Nancy.
Edition 2nd ed.
ISBN 9781609184971 electronic book
9781609184940 hard cover alk. paper
Imprint New York : Guilford Press, 2011.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xxi, 426 p.)
Call Number RC489.T95 M38 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 616.89/17
Summary 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 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.*A number of the case examples are entirely new.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Conceptual issues
Why diagnose?
Psychoanalytic character diagnosis
Developmental levels of personality organization
Implications of developmental levels of organization
Primary defensive processes
Secondary defensive processes
Types of character organization
Psychopathic (antisocial) personalities
Narcissistic personalities
Schizoid personalities
Paranoid personalities
Depressive and manic personalities
Masochistic (self-defeating) personalities
Obsessive and compulsive personalities
Hysterical (histrionic) personalities
Dissociative psychologies.

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