What You'll Learn
A guide through personality types, the level of functioning that a person has, and ways to meet them and learn more.
Personality Types
Understanding personality beyond symptoms and identifying the themes that organize a person’s psychology.
Levels of Functioning
Distinguishing healthy, neurotic, borderline, and psychotic levels of personality organization.
First Sessions
Using early interviews to understand the patient, begin the alliance, and orient treatment.
Preview Nancy’s Master Class
Preview Nancy’s clinical insights in this excerpt on the
approach to character diagnosis.
Included Bonus Masterclass
30-min bonus video
The 10 Qualities of Mental Health
An included bonus masterclass: Nancy names what therapists actually aim toward — the qualities of a healthy life, not just the absence of symptoms.
What Viewers Are Saying
Clinicians, faculty and students — from Puerto Rico to Lebanon, Israel and India.
“As a therapist and instructor myself, I got SO much out of this and will rewatch. Thank you, Dr. McWilliams, for such cogent and engaging analysis of people and of your own process as a therapist.”
Dr. Chris Duquette, Therapist and Adjunct Professor, Golden Gate University“An amazing teacher. It’s a privilege, as a young psychiatrist, to be able to listen and learn from this from another corner of the world.”
Pooja S, Psychiatrist“Very few truly understand the importance of her approach to psychodynamic personality diagnosis. I practice according to her model and have accumulated a wealth of experience and knowledge in it.”
Elichen Amitai, Therapist and University Instructor, Israel“I can listen to her for hours and on repeat. Such a wealth of knowledge and experience.”
Loulwa Kaloyeros, Senior Psychology Faculty, Lebanese American University“As a psychotherapist and human, thank you for the richness and depth of this presentation — and the humor and humanity you bring to it. I listen to this repeatedly. So much wisdom here.”
Sharon Coulter, LMFT, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist“Really informative discussion — I appreciated this talk, and realize psychodynamic is such a rich and evolving perspective and lens to work from.”
Kyndra Knight, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Jefferson Community & Technical College“This is exactly what I needed as a clinician in training.”
Nichole Estremera, PhD Student in Clinical Psychology, Puerto Rico“So grateful to you for getting these pioneers to share their wealth of psychoanalytic knowledge and wisdom!”
Clinical Psychologist, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India“I just love Nancy McWilliams. She is my favorite. I have learned the most from her in my program.”
Chauncey Zalkin, Student, Northwestern UniversityChoose Your Access
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What You'll Gain
Professional Confidence
Develop a robust internal framework that guides your interventions during difficult clinical moments.
Precision in Formulation
Learn to synthesize complex client history into a coherent and actionable clinical narrative.
Humane Approach
Transcend the medical model to see the suffering person behind the diagnostic code.
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