Living In Harmony With Yourself: Introverts and Extraverts

January 18, 2022, 7:30 - 8:30 PM

Many of our patients find themselves in situations where they’re uncomfortable and don’t know why. They feel like something’s off or not quite right. Or they sense what the problem is but keep trying to be what others - especially parents, siblings, teachers, friends and eventually bosses and spouses - want or expect them to be.

Instead of honouring their feelings, they do what they feel is necessary to fit in. But always at a cost. One such internal conflict involves personality traits, specifically introversion and extraversion.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

You will learn:

Carl Jung’s definitions when he introduced the terms in 1921
The biological basis of introversion and extraversion
The implications of these tendencies for behaviour, social interaction, work and the effect of caffeine, alcohol and drugs
How patients can use this information for themselves and in relationship to one another

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Dr. David Posen was a family doctor for 17 years before devoting his time exclusively to stress management, lifestyle counseling and psychotherapy in 1985. He was a charter member of MDPAC when it started as the GP Psychotherapy Association in 1984.

David has lectured widely across North America for 35 years, including presentations for McMaster CME programs, at conventions for the OMA, and GPPA, and physician groups in several Canadian provinces and many states across the USA. He is also the best-selling author of five books, including ALWAYS CHANGE A LOSING GAME (now in its 28th year and 5th edition), THE LITTLE BOOK OF STRESS RELIEF (translated into 7 languages) and IS WORK KILLING YOU? (profiled in USA Today, the Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly.) He’s also appeared many times on TV and radio across Canada and has been quoted in many leading U.S. media outlets such as US News & World Report, People and The Huffington Post.

Approved for 1 hour of MDPAC Group CE credits

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