(#2; 3-4 pages): a. Summarize the clinically relevant diagnostic issues from Introduction: The Newest Personality System, Chapter 1, Who Am I? Understanding Individual Differences, and Chapter 2, Your Unique Life Pattern. b. Complete the Personality Self-Portrait Inventory in Chapter 3 and identify your personality style according to the model. Choose the chapter(s) that corresponds to your assessed style(s), e.g. (Conscientious Style in Chapter 4, etc.), and write a summary of the traits of this style and give personal examples of where you see this style applies to yourself, and where it doesn’t. Offer personal reflections of how this information may be helpful to you as a therapist. Paper 2 New Personality Self-Portrait Paper (3-4 pages): a. Summarize the diagnostic issues and basic ideas that you see as clinically relevant from: — Introduction: The Newest Personality System — Chapter 1, Who Am I? Understanding Individual Differences — and Chapter 2, Your Unique Life Pattern. b. Complete the Personality Self-Portrait Inventory in Chapter 3 and identify your personality style(s) according to the model. Choose the chapter(s) that corresponds to your assessed style(s), (e.g. Conscientious Style in Chapter 4, etc.), and write a summary of the traits of your style and give personal examples of where you see this style applies to yourself, and where it doesn’t. You may discover that more than one style really contribute evenly to a whole picture of you, so explain that. Or your score may indicate one style is where you tested predominantly but your view of yourself is really rooted in another style. Discuss this and the possible meaning. Reflection is key here. Offer personal reflections of how this information may be helpful to you as a therapist. Explore the meaning for you personally and clinically. Did you learn anything new about yourself? Anything that may come up as a countertransference issue? Did you discover possible areas for improvement or confirm areas you know you struggle with? Did the test get it totally wrong? How do you think this test would be helpful to your clients? How might it be problematic?
