Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast
Jul 17, 2026 · 1 hr 39 min · 12 segments
In this in-depth interview, Dr. David Puder welcomes renowned psychoanalyst and author Dr. Nancy McWilliams to discuss essential clinical topics from her seminal books *Psychoanalytic Diagnosis* and…
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Today, I am happy to announce that I have Nancy McWilliams back for a second time.
She authored several of my favorite books, "Psychoanalytic Diagnosis," "Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy," and most recently, "Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual," third edition.
We originally recorded this as part of the psychotherapy cohort that I lead every year.
This year, Dr. Rhaega and Dr. Stokes also led cohorts, and they were a part of this interview as well.
None of the contributors have any conflicts of interest to report for continued medical education that is apprehended through my website, psychiatrypodcast.com.
In this episode with Dr. Nancy McWilliams, we covered things like shame, personality styles, and countertransference, like how different personality types, like schizoid, depressive, hysterical, narcissistic, how they uniquely have countertransference with patients.
We talked about projective identification and how to handle intense, sometimes overwhelming countertransference.
We also talked about stalking and about boundary violations and how to maintain a therapeutic frame.
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Today, I am happy to announce that I have Nancy McWilliams back for a second time.
She authored several of my favorite books, "Psychoanalytic Diagnosis," "Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy," and most recently, "Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual," third edition.
We originally recorded this as part of the psychotherapy cohort that I lead every year.
This year, Dr. Rhaega and Dr. Stokes also led cohorts, and they were a part of this interview as well.
None of the contributors have any conflicts of interest to report for continued medical education that is apprehended through my website, psychiatrypodcast.com.
In this episode with Dr. Nancy McWilliams, we covered things like shame, personality styles, and countertransference, like how different personality types, like schizoid, depressive, hysterical, narcissistic, how they uniquely have countertransference with patients.
We talked about projective identification and how to handle intense, sometimes overwhelming countertransference.
We also talked about stalking and about boundary violations and how to maintain a therapeutic frame.