Protecting the Self
Subtitle: Defense Mechanisms in Action
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: The Guilford Press; Guilford Press
Published: May 18, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9781593852986
Subjects: The self, ego, identity, personality; Psychology, Pathological; Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Psychology & Psychiatry / Clinical Psychology; Defense mechanisms (Psychology); Testing
First sentence: In this soliloquy Hamlet raises the question of how we are to handle the "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" that besiege us, that make us feel powerless.
Description: "This volume provides a theoretically grounded examination of defense mechanisms and their role in both normal development and psychopathology. Integrating the latest research methodologies and empirical findings - and shedding new light on longstanding questions and controversies - this is a timely, eminently practical reference and text." "This book will be read with interest by clinical and personality psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and other practitioners, as well as researchers working in the areas of psychotherapy, personality and personality assessment, and psychopathology. It will serve as a highly informative supplemental text in advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level courses."--Jacket.