101 Defenses
How the Mind Shields Itself

I never EVER thought I would be saying this, but........ I’m increasingly interested in the psychodynamic perspective. Earlier in my career (I’m a therapist), I would breakout in a hate rash at the mere mention of psychodynamic psychotherapy. W H Y ? Because there are some extremely, extraordinarily c......more

Although designed for practitioners, the book offers guidance for patients who have great insight and want to learn more about their and others' defense mechanisms. Great stories and examples that accompany many of the described defenses to help with the learning process and solidify knowledge.......more

It describes the methods our brain uses to protect ourselves from painful memories, experiences or to "justify" a specific behavior. While the first part is focused on identification and a short description of the methods, presenting example from therapeutic experience; the second part is a theoreti......more

A lot of what we do as humans can ve described as defence mechanisms. The human mind is amazing. I remember a previous manager asking me to use what I just found out is a defence for what was an entirely toxic work environment. If I had listened, that might have led to the development of kind of men......more

This book is really awesome. I enjoy the psychoanalysis perspective. Blackman was a professor and his students convinced him to write this book. The mind twist of defense mechanisms are fascinating but definitely require some longer thought processing. It took me a while to finish this. You have to......more