Psychological Defenses in Everyday Life
- ISBN-10
- 0898854520
- ISBN-13
- 9780898854527
- Category
- Defense mechanisms (Psychology)
- Pages
- 260
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989-01-01
- Authors
- Joyce Catlett, Robert Firestone
Description
This book is a rich resource that broadens personalunderstanding by examining the origins of childhood misery, subsequent defense formation, and the pervasiveness and destructiveness of the resulting maladaptive, addictive behaviors in adults. Numerous casehistories show people rejecting love and companionship for imagined connections and illusions. The authors point a way toward reversing the damaging process that keeps individuals from experiencing genuine satisfaction.
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