| From Strugglingteens.com Parent Choices Radio Show Woodbury Reports, Inc Bonners Ferry, ID Graphology Insight Into PersonalityContact: Lon Woodbury, MA, CEP, IECA 208-267-5550 lon@woodbury.com www.strugglingteens.com Featuring: Annette Poizner, Ed D, RSW Clinical Social Worker and Master Graphologist Toronto, Ontario (Canada) 416-280-6442 ap@annettepoizner.com www.annettepoizner.com Parent Choices for Struggling Teens dove into the subject of graphology (Handwriting Analysis) on January 14, 2013, and the use of it and projective personality assessments in the context of psychotherapy. Lon Woodbury's guest, Annette Poizner, is a clinical social worker, therapist and a Master graphologist. "When looking at handwriting samples of clients, it is like looking at a personality thumbnail sketch. As a therapist, it accelerates the 'get to know you' stage and is really a good clinical tool. It helps the client understand who they are and where they are in the growth process." Handwriting is a form of body language, or as Lon put it "handwriting is frozen motion." When used along with other projective and therapeutic techniques, it helps the therapist determine a true diagnosis, giving the therapist insight and therefore the client gains insight. Poizner was concerned that schools have been discontinuing the teaching of handwriting in schools. This is because handwriting uses both the left and right sides of the brain and requires the student to learn how to coordinate several areas of the brain in order to achieve this one specific sophisticated action of handwriting. Areas involved include areas of the brain involved in visual, fine motor control, abstract thinking, memory and even auditory since the sound of words in the student's mind plays a part in writing. Handwriting is one of the best ways to help children learn how to coordinate, control and develop their brain. "Handwriting is not only necessary for that reason, but our talents, strengths and weaknesses are all embedded in our words and doodles, providing a trained clinician a window into a person's character", Annette shared. She went on to share with Lon and the listening audience several examples of her work with clients by diagnosis at least in part through their handwriting. To listen to the full interview go to Graphology's Insight Into Personality on LATalkRadio. Also available in Podcast  Lon Woodbury is the owner/founder of Woodbury Reports Inc. and www.strugglingteens.com. He has worked with families and struggling teens since 1984 and is the host of Parent Choices for Struggling Teens. Annette Poizner, EdD, RSW is a clinical social worker, author of Clinical Graphology: An Interpretive Manual for Mental Health Practitioners and is one of three graphologists in North America who has been granted the title of Master Graphologist by the American Handwriting Analysis Foundation. Annette has a private practice in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This segment was sponsored by Spring Ridge Academy, 928-632-4602, www.springridgeacademy.com, a Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls in Arizona. Stay Tuned...Upcoming Programs:January January 28: February February 4: February 11: February 18: February 25: Parent Choices For Struggling Teens on on LATalkRadio, Mondays at 12:00pm, Pacific Time, Channel One. © Copyright 2012 by Woodbury Reports, Inc. |