Monday, January 14, 2012
Interview by Lon Woodbury
Annette Poizner, a clinical social worker with a private practice in Toronto, Canada, spoke to L.A. Talk radio host Lon Woodbury about the role of Graphology in clinical assessments in this week's episode of Struggling Teens. She explained to Woodbury and his radio show guests how her training as a Graphologist--which is a personality assessment technique utilizing a person's handwriting -- combined with her skills as a psychotherapist, appreciably helped her in assessing client problems.
Background
As Columbia-trained clinical social worker Annette Poizner has routinely used graphology and other forms of projective personality assessments in her clinical practice for more than 20 years. Her doctoral dissertation, completed at the University of Toronto, explored the use of graphology within psychotherapy. She has been designated one of three Master Graphologists by the American Handwriting Analysis Foundation, is a founding member of the Milton H Erickson Institute of Toronto, and specializes in psychological assessments, Ericksonian psychotherapy and hypnosis.
Exactly 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 gamut of problems, she specializes in working with problems that have been unresponsive to conventional psychotherapy like Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, Attention Deficit Disorder, Anorexia, Depression, and Anxiety. Projective personality assessments let her access personality style and strengths by analyzing writing samples.
In the course of her clinical experience, she had discovered that any disruptive symptom may be a problem but it is never real reason why people are in therapy. The obvious symptoms are actually the unconscious mind's attempt to solve another problem, hidden from view, but effectively managed by seemingly unproductive patterns of thinking, feeling or behaving.
She talked about various case studies. In one case, for example, she had actually helped a young lady who was convinced that she had HIV despite the fact that all medical examinations proved otherwise. Making use of graphology and other evaluation devices, she had discovered the girls underlying psychological desire to get even more love and attention from her family.
Final Thoughts
Graphology, or handwriting analysis, is a discipline which helps health care specialists discover underlying psychological issues. Poizner suggested that graphology should be used in conjunction with other evaluation methods.
Interview by Lon Woodbury
Annette Poizner, a clinical social worker with a private practice in Toronto, Canada, spoke to L.A. Talk radio host Lon Woodbury about the role of Graphology in clinical assessments in this week's episode of Struggling Teens. She explained to Woodbury and his radio show guests how her training as a Graphologist--which is a personality assessment technique utilizing a person's handwriting -- combined with her skills as a psychotherapist, appreciably helped her in assessing client problems.
Background
As Columbia-trained clinical social worker Annette Poizner has routinely used graphology and other forms of projective personality assessments in her clinical practice for more than 20 years. Her doctoral dissertation, completed at the University of Toronto, explored the use of graphology within psychotherapy. She has been designated one of three Master Graphologists by the American Handwriting Analysis Foundation, is a founding member of the Milton H Erickson Institute of Toronto, and specializes in psychological assessments, Ericksonian psychotherapy and hypnosis.
Exactly 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 gamut of problems, she specializes in working with problems that have been unresponsive to conventional psychotherapy like Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, Attention Deficit Disorder, Anorexia, Depression, and Anxiety. Projective personality assessments let her access personality style and strengths by analyzing writing samples.
In the course of her clinical experience, she had discovered that any disruptive symptom may be a problem but it is never real reason why people are in therapy. The obvious symptoms are actually the unconscious mind's attempt to solve another problem, hidden from view, but effectively managed by seemingly unproductive patterns of thinking, feeling or behaving.
She talked about various case studies. In one case, for example, she had actually helped a young lady who was convinced that she had HIV despite the fact that all medical examinations proved otherwise. Making use of graphology and other evaluation devices, she had discovered the girls underlying psychological desire to get even more love and attention from her family.
Final Thoughts
Graphology, or handwriting analysis, is a discipline which helps health care specialists discover underlying psychological issues. Poizner suggested that graphology should be used in conjunction with other evaluation methods.
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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