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Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast

Nancy McWilliams on Mental Health, Transference and Dissociation

Mar 3, 2023
Renowned psychologist-psychoanalyst Nancy McWilliams discusses mental health, transference, and dissociation in therapy with emphasis on safety, self-awareness, and therapist-client relationships. Topics include the impact of neglect, benefits of sports for ADHD, addressing dissociation, embracing patient anger, societal expectations, empowerment through personal responsibility, hypomanic traits, denial as a defense mechanism, and dialogues on therapeutic practice and learning.
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  • Mental health involves honesty, repairing relationships, accepting others, and devotion to their well-being.
  • Classifications like neurotic, borderline, and psychotic stem from internal conflicts, intense struggles, and confusion between realities.

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Understanding a Healthy Personality and Mental Health

A healthy personality entails aspects like basic safety, a sense of agency, continuity, and self-esteem. It includes affect tolerance, accepting the unchangeable, and capacity for love, work, and play. Mental health involves being fully honest in relationships, making repairs, accepting others, and being devoted to their well-being.

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