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Jan 2025
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Psychoanalytic Diagnosis (and Why It Mat...

Alina | Psychodynamic Psychology
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If I could only recommend one book to every psychodynamic psychotherapist (in training), this would be it: Psychoanalytic Diagnosis - Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process by Nancy McWilliams. It’s a masterpiece that you shouldn’t miss in your own library to improve your clinical knowledge and practice.


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TIMESTAMPS 00:00 My favourite psychodynamic book 00:51 Why (psychoanalytic) diagnosis matters 04:22 Content of the book 09:19 Personality types aka my favourite part 11:40 Limits


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