Personality Differences and Their Implications for Psychotherapy, with, Dr. Nancy McWilliams

In this engaging video recorded seminar, internationally renowned psychoanalyst Dr. Nancy McWilliams explores one of the most compelling dimensions of our work: the rich and complex ways that individual personality differences shape the therapeutic process.

Many of us are drawn to psychotherapy by a deep curiosity about what makes each person unique — and research continues to show that personality and the quality of the therapeutic relationship have more impact on outcomes than the specific type of treatment used. In this recording, Dr. McWilliams reframes how we think about personality differences, drawing on decades of clinical experience and empirical insight rather than rigid, trait-based diagnostic categories such as those found in the DSM.

Listeners will gain practical tools and fresh perspectives for appreciating clients’ individuality — including ways to work with subjective material such as countertransference, mutual enactments, cultural and subcultural factors, and broader contexts. Dr. McWilliams illustrates her ideas with compelling material from her own clinical practice, providing a nuanced, humane approach to understanding personality — whether or not it is formally “disordered.”

✅ Listen anytime, anywhere — pause, replay, and reflect at your own pace.
✅ Earn CPD — simply let us know once you’ve completed the recording to receive your certificate.

Originally delivered live to an audience of practitioners on the 13^th September 2024, across modalities, this recorded seminar remains invaluable for psychotherapists at all levels who wish to deepen their capacity for attunement and relational sensitivity.

Video lecture – and power-point – 1 hour and 56

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Nancy McWilliams is Visiting Professor Emerita at Rutgers Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology and has a private practice in Lambertville, NJ. She is author of four textbooks (on psychoanalytic diagnosis, case formulation, therapy , and supervision) and is co-editor of both editions of the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual. A former president of the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of the American Psychological Association, she is a member of the Austen Riggs Center Board of Trustees. Her books have been translated several languages.