OVERVIEW

Understanding Character Styles is organized by Therapist Development Center (TDC).

Course Overview:
"We all have characteristic embodied styles of living, and with each style, there are clusters of attitudes, expectations, behaviors, and emotional processes that shape our possibilities and limits. This 4 part lecture series will look at how these styles emerge from the interplay of our various vulnerabilities and adaptive adjustments, and how they are dynamically interconnected with foundational themes, self-protective patterns, longings, and imaginative and creative capacities. We will also explore the implications of this orienting process in therapy." -Lynne Jacobs

Course Objectives:
In this course, users will:
• Listen to a 4-part lecture series taken from a LIVE training with Lynne Jacobs, Ph.D., a Gestalt therapist, and psychoanalyst.
• Gain an understanding of 6 major character styles and the way in which each character style may present in individuals.
• Be exposed to case examples that illustrate each character's style and how therapists might approach issues that arise in treatment.
• Take a post-test to consolidate knowledge and understanding.
• Receive 7 hours of CE upon receiving an 80% on the post-test.