Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process before the tide goes out

before the tide goes out and all is revealed

the most unlikely hero emerges--Patch

/ the American poets gazing out / at the pink and blue ribbons of sunrise

fabled in the Delta of myth as the birthplace of the blues on nearby Dockery Plantation

and sly wit have endeared her to a legion of critics

Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process before the tide goes outThis acclaimed clinical guide and widely adopted text has filled a key need in the field since its original publication. Nancy McWilliams makes psychoanalytic personality theory and its implications for practice accessible to practitioners of all levels of experience. She explains major character types and demonstrates specific ways that understanding the patient's individual personality structure can influence the therapist's focus and style of