`[The client material]... stimulated thought and reflection... Clark presented a large number of very tricky case studies and illustrated all manner of differen

`[The client material]... stimulated thought and reflection... Clark presented a large number of very tricky case studies and illustrated all manner of differen

This volume presents a systematic approach to identifying and modifying client defence mechanisms in the counselling process. Examples through the book illustra

"Joseph Fernando provides the first in-depth exploration and up-to-date revision of the psychoanalytic theory of defenses since Anna Freud's 1936 classic, The E

What is the scientific status and the "truth value" of the concept of defense mechanisms? Among contemporary psychologists, three types of answers to this quest