Defense mechanisms are primarily unconscious responses that allow people to protect themselves from anxious thoughts, strong feelings or emotions, unwanted impulses, or painful memories. They are ...

Many times in therapy, clients talk about how they grew up learning to function in a particular way but that this way no longer seems to work. They might be experiencing relationships involving work, ...

In stressful times, we may utillize even more methods of stress reduction; however, we may be relying on some coping mechanisms that are not healthy for us and those around us. Denial is a human ...