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SUMMARY:Psychoanalytic Diagnosis Book Club and Study Group with Katrina Taylor\, LMFT
DESCRIPTION:Instructional Level: Beginner – Advanced \nYou’re invited to attend a summer book club and study group of Nancy McWilliams’ Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process. The book is a classic in our field and an indispensable reference manual. We will meet for eight sessions over the course of the summer to learn about\, discuss\, and clinically apply McWilliams’ taxonomy of personality types. This offering is ideal for beginning therapists who’d like to know how to distinguish between various types of patients\, and as a result\, which interventions work best with whom; as well as more seasoned clinicians who’d like to brush up on their knowledge and connect with colleagues for case discussions. We will learn about narcissistic\, masochistic\, depressive\, hysterical\, and many other kinds of personality structures. We will focus on understanding the defenses which underlie each structure. Each session will focus on a specific chapter(s) of the book. We will have both a didactic/discussion component and a clinical application component. You’re encouraged to bring applicable cases for discussion. \nParticipants will be limited to 12 to facilitate an intimate and collegial discussion environment. So\, if you’ve been wanting to read Psychoanalytic Diagnosis\, or let’s face it\, feel like you should\, buy the book and join us on Zoom! \nThe intention is to create a fun and stimulating learning and discussion environment to learn\, engage with\, and even critique the ideas in the book. Additional interesting (and optional) reading material to supplement the book chapters will be offered. \nFEE\nFull Member: $240\nStudent Member: $160\nNon-Member: $320 \nREGISTER NOW \n\nSYLLABUS \nSession 1: June 5\, 2026\nChapter 5. Primary Defensive Processes\nChapter 6. Secondary Defensive Processes\nOptional but recommended reading: Hacking\, I. (2025\, July 23). Ian Hacking · Making Up People: clinical classifications. London Review of Books. https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v28/n16/ian-hacking/making-up-people \nLearning objectives:\nDifferentiate between patients’ primary vs secondary defensive processes.\nDemonstrate one new application to clinical work with patients. \nSession 2: June 12\, 2026\nChapter 7. Psychopathic (Antisocial) Personalities\nChapter 10. Paranoid Personalities \nLearning objectives:\nDescribe 3 features of psychopathic personalities.\nDescribe 3 levels of functioning of the paranoid personality. \nSession 3: June 19\, 2026\nChapter 8. Narcissistic Personalities\nOptional reading: McWilliams\, N. & Lependorf\, S. (1990) Narcissistic Pathology of Everyday Life:—The Denial of Remorse and Gratitude. Contemporary Psychoanalysis 26:430-451 \nLearning objectives:\nExplain 3 common transference and countertransference reactions with narcissistic patients.\nDefine one goal in the treatment of narcissistic patients. \nSession 4: June 26\, 2026\nChapter 9. Schizoid Personalities\nOptional reading: McWilliams\, N. (2006) Some Thoughts About Schizoid Dynamics.Psychoanalytic Review 93:1-24 \nLearning objectives:\nDefine the core conflict of the schizoid personality.\nDescribe one approach for connecting with the schizoid patient. \nSession 5: July 10\, 2026\nChapter 11. Depressive and Manic Personalities \nLearning objectives:\nDescribe the internalized object of the depressive personality.\nDefine manic defense to depression. \nSession 6: July 17\, 2026\nChapter 12. Masochistic (Self-Defeating) Personalities \nLearning objectives:\nDescribe the unconscious goal of the masochistic personality.\nDescribe one therapeutic approach to help the masochistic personality. \nSession 7: July 24\, 2026\nChapter 13. Obsessive and Compulsive Personalities \nLearning objectives:\nDescribe primary defensive process in obsessive personalities.\nIdentify one goal for obsessive/compulsive patients. \nSession 8: July 31\, 2026\nChapter 14. Hysterical (Histrionic) Personalities\nChapter 15. Dissociative Psychologies \nLearning objectives:\nDescribe the phenomenon of acting out in hysterical patients.\nIdentify defensive and adaptive processes in dissociative conditions. \n\nPRESENTER\nKatrina Taylor\, LMFT\, is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in private practice in Austin. She earned a masters in counseling psychology from St. Edwards University. Katrina previously served on the board of Austin Psychoanalytic\, including as president. She completed six years of studies in psychoanalysis through the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies in Houston. Katrina is most passionate about psychoanalysis and the growth it can affect in the lives of individuals and their families. \n  \nREFERENCES\nMcWilliams\, N. (2011). Psychoanalytic diagnosis: Understanding personality structure in the clinical process (2nd ed.) \nMcWilliams\, N. & Lependorf\, S. (1990) Narcissistic Pathology of Everyday Life:—The Denial of Remorse and Gratitude. Contemporary Psychoanalysis 26:430-451 \nMcWilliams\, N. (2006) Some Thoughts About Schizoid Dynamics. Psychoanalytic Review 93:1-24 \nDISCLOSURES\nDivision 39 is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Division 39 maintains responsibility for this program and its content.  Austin Psychoanalytic is approved by the Texas State Board of Social Workers Examiners (Provider # 5501) to provide continuing education for social workers and the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1138). We also meet the requirements to provide continuing education for the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors. This program\, when attended in its entirety\, is available for 1.5 continuing education credits per session. Division 39 is committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in its continuing education activities. Division 39 is also committed to conducting all activities in conformity with the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles for Psychologists. Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. If program content becomes stressful\, participants are encouraged to process these feelings during discussion periods. If participants have special needs\, we will attempt to accommodate them. Please address questions\, concerns and any complaints to info@austinpsychoanalytic.org. There is no commercial support for this program nor are there any relationships between the CE Sponsor\, presenting organization\, presenter\, program content\, research\, grants\, or other funding that could reasonably be construed as conflicts of interest. Participants will be informed of the utility/validity of the content/approach discussed (including the basis for the statements about validity/utility)\, as well as the limitations of the approach and most common (and severe) risks\, if any\, associated with the program’s content.
URL:https://austinpsychoanalytic.org/event/psychoanalytic-diagnosis-book-club-study-group/
LOCATION:Live via Zoom
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