Formation of a psychological case

How to understand a new patient? What strategy to choose with regard to its features? Although an experienced psychotherapist is based on the generally accepted principles of diagnosis, its own practice is more determined by subjective and intuitive processes. Nancy Mc Williams, the author of the classic work Psychoanalytic diagnostics shows that only the understanding of the patient"s unique personal characteristics forms a competent decision on the strategy and tactics of its therapy. On the example of psychotherapeutic cases, clinical studies and various theoretical concepts in the book, it is explained in detail, which contribution to the understanding of the patient makes an assessment of its temperament, features of development, protective mechanisms, affects,
Identification, patterns of relationships and pathogenic beliefs