Monday, January 14, 2012
Interview by Lon Woodbury
Annette Poizner, a clinical social worker with a thriving private practice in Toronto, Canada, was invited by L.A. Talk radio host Lon Woodbury to talk about exactly how Graphology can be effectively used in clinical evaluations. In this week's installment of Struggling Teens radio show, she discussed with Woodbury and his listeners how her work as a Graphologist -- which is a personality evaluation method that analyzes a person's handwriting-can be used in therapy to get to know the client and their issues better.
Background
As a Columbia-trained clinical social worker, Annette Poizner has actually regularly made use of graphology and other types of projective personality evaluations in her clinical practice. She has been in private practice for more than 20 years. Her doctoral dissertation, completed at the University of Toronto, discussed the use of graphology within the field of psychotherapy. She has been recognized as a Master Graphologists by the American Handwriting Analysis Foundation. She is also a charter member of the Milton H Erickson Institute of Toronto. Her clinical work focuses on emotional evaluations, Ericksonian psychiatric therapy and hypnosis.
What Is Graphology?
After introducing his guest and mentioning her recent publication, "Clinical Graphology: An Interpretive Manual for Mental Health Practitioners," Woodbury started the interview by commenting that most people think of graphology as a parlor trick and asked how it can be used in a therapeutic environment. Poizner discussed handwriting analysis and projective personality evaluations like examining stories, dream analysis and drawings as a way to understand her clients better.
Although dealing with a wide spectrum of clients with different issues, she specializes in working with issues that have been particularly unresponsive to typical psychiatric therapy, for instance issues like Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, Attention Deficit Disorder, Anorexia, Depression, and Anxiousness. Projective personality evaluations let her access character flaws and strengths by analyzing a variety of writing samples.
During her clinical work, she has found that any type of disruptive psychological symptom is never ever the actual reason individuals are in therapy. The obvious symptoms are actually the unconscious mind's effort to remedy yet another issue, one hidden from sight.
She shared various examples from her experience. In one situation, for instance, she had worked with a girl who was convinced that she had HIV despite the fact that all medical examinations proved otherwise. Utilizing graphology and various other assessment devices, she discovered that the girl's real need was to get more attention from her family.
Final Thoughts
Graphology, or handwriting analysis, is a discipline which teaches practitioners how to really see "under the hood." Poizner also noted that graphology should not be used in isolation, but always in relation with other assessment measures.
Interview by Lon Woodbury
Annette Poizner, a clinical social worker with a thriving private practice in Toronto, Canada, was invited by L.A. Talk radio host Lon Woodbury to talk about exactly how Graphology can be effectively used in clinical evaluations. In this week's installment of Struggling Teens radio show, she discussed with Woodbury and his listeners how her work as a Graphologist -- which is a personality evaluation method that analyzes a person's handwriting-can be used in therapy to get to know the client and their issues better.
Background
As a Columbia-trained clinical social worker, Annette Poizner has actually regularly made use of graphology and other types of projective personality evaluations in her clinical practice. She has been in private practice for more than 20 years. Her doctoral dissertation, completed at the University of Toronto, discussed the use of graphology within the field of psychotherapy. She has been recognized as a Master Graphologists by the American Handwriting Analysis Foundation. She is also a charter member of the Milton H Erickson Institute of Toronto. Her clinical work focuses on emotional evaluations, Ericksonian psychiatric therapy and hypnosis.
What Is Graphology?
After introducing his guest and mentioning her recent publication, "Clinical Graphology: An Interpretive Manual for Mental Health Practitioners," Woodbury started the interview by commenting that most people think of graphology as a parlor trick and asked how it can be used in a therapeutic environment. Poizner discussed handwriting analysis and projective personality evaluations like examining stories, dream analysis and drawings as a way to understand her clients better.
Although dealing with a wide spectrum of clients with different issues, she specializes in working with issues that have been particularly unresponsive to typical psychiatric therapy, for instance issues like Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, Attention Deficit Disorder, Anorexia, Depression, and Anxiousness. Projective personality evaluations let her access character flaws and strengths by analyzing a variety of writing samples.
During her clinical work, she has found that any type of disruptive psychological symptom is never ever the actual reason individuals are in therapy. The obvious symptoms are actually the unconscious mind's effort to remedy yet another issue, one hidden from sight.
She shared various examples from her experience. In one situation, for instance, she had worked with a girl who was convinced that she had HIV despite the fact that all medical examinations proved otherwise. Utilizing graphology and various other assessment devices, she discovered that the girl's real need was to get more attention from her family.
Final Thoughts
Graphology, or handwriting analysis, is a discipline which teaches practitioners how to really see "under the hood." Poizner also noted that graphology should not be used in isolation, but always in relation with other assessment measures.
About the Author:
Lon Woodbury created Struggling Teens to help families. He has the recorded this interview on his L.A. Talk Radio Show show for easy access at any time.
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