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MMPI and other Psychological Assessment / Evaluation
MMPI and other psychological assessments
Jon Weingarden
Jul 18, 20259 min read
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Women Trailblazers of the Psychoanalytic Tradition
Women pioneers of psychodynamic tradition
Jon Weingarden
May 29, 20259 min read
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Kohut vs Kernberg
A Facebook group post queried: Is it concerning that Kernberg would diagnose borderline personality and Kohut would diagnose narcissism? The post got many replies, most people indicating it was a concern about our diagnostic system or technology. My response was to highlight the difference was language and theory, not actually diagnosis. See more below! Heinz Kohut and Otto Kernberg were contemporaries in pushing forward the psychoanalytic frontier. They were both lauded, and
Jon Weingarden
May 27, 20258 min read
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Bipolar - and its multiple meanings
Bipolar is frequently misunderstood or the term misused. Here we explore 3 distinct clinical uses of the term.
Jon Weingarden
May 22, 20255 min read
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Practical Diagnostic and Conceptual Models
Practical, broad conceptual model
Jon Weingarden
Apr 24, 202517 min read
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Maintain Therapeutic Focus: Surface-to-depth, central-to-peripheral
Many therapists struggle with what to focus on, what to address, and when and how to do it. At times, we feel clients are giving us little to work with, and while this can be distressing for a beginning therapist, this problem has a much less nuanced solution than feeling there is too much to organize. When we feel the client has thrown too much at us, we feel "what do I respond to, and how?" A comment on trusting yourself before we dig into the other topics First of all, we
Jon Weingarden
Mar 25, 202511 min read
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