Nancy McWilliams PhD is a seminal figure in contemporary psychoanalytic circles. Two her books, Psychoanalytic Diagnosis, Second Edition: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process (1994; 2nd ed. 2011), and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Practitioner’s Guide (2004) were used in the 2 1/2 year training I did in psychoanalytic psychotherapy (focused on Self Psychology and intersubjective theory). I regularly consult the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (2006) when I want to better understand the etiology of specific behavioral adaptations. She is also author of Psychoanalytic Case Formulation (1999).

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Shrink Rap Radio #376 – A Psychodynamic Understanding of Personality Structure with Nancy McWilliams PhD

A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.
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Posted on November 7, 2013

Nancy McWilliams PhD, who teaches at the Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, is author of Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process (1994, rev. ed. 2011), Psychoanalytic Case Formulation (1999), and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Practitioner’s Guide (2004), all with Guilford Press, and is Associate Editor of the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (2006). She is Past President of the Division of Psychoanalysis (39) of the American Psychological Association and is on the editorial board of Psychoanalytic Psychology.

Recipient of many awards, Dr. McWilliams specializes in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and supervision; the relationship between psychodiagnosis and treatment; alternatives to DSM diagnostic conventions; integration of feminist theory and psychoanalytic knowledge; the application of psychoanalytic understanding to the problems of diverse clinical populations; altruism; narcissism; and trauma and dissociative disorders.

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