The influence of individual differences on the psychotherapeutic process is immense. Research shows that personality factors and relational systems have a greater impact on the outcome of psychotherapy than the theoretical model or type of treatment chosen. To enable you to customize psychotherapy to the learning styles and unique characteristics of your clients, Dr. McWilliams provides crucial information for a detailed understanding of personality.
She delves into aspects such as temperament, attachment style, various defensive organizations, motivational systems, different levels of severity, core conflicts, relational patterns, and the maintenance of self-esteem. Additionally, she offers key guidelines for engaging with personalities exhibiting borderline, psychotic, depressive, and schizoid traits, in a sophisticated training that is nonetheless accessible to all psychotherapists.
Although some background in basic psychoanalytic ideas may be helpful, neither an in-depth familiarity with psychoanalysis nor a commitment to psychodynamic approaches is necessary to benefit from this training. The workshop is oriented toward an inclusive, diverse population of therapists of all theoretical orientations who struggle with short or long-term issues rooted in personality in a range of settings, with an emphasis on the practical applications of the concepts.
