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Ego Defense Mechanisms

5/27/2012

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DEBRA CRAWFORD ANNIS

LAW & MEDIATION OFFICES
CRAWFORD ANNIS & CRAWFORD
Monterey, CA


EGO DEFENSE MECHANISMS

DENIAL:   Denying an event is happening. The client acts as though nothing is occurring.

TRANSFERENCE:   Transferring feelings from an earlier powerful relationship with a figure from the past, such as a parent, to someone, such as an attorney, in the present.

ACTING OUT:   Translating the feeling into behavior.

COMPENSATION:   Making up for feelings of inferiority in one area by becoming excessively competent in another area.

RATIONALIZATION:   Giving a rational reason to behavior which is performed for another unconsciously unacceptable reason.

PROJECTION:   Attributing an emotion to another which is really felt by the client.

REPRESSION:   Keeping a thought, feeling or impulse at an unconscious level.

ATONEMENT:   Making up for an unacceptable act by performing a good act.

SUBLIMATION:   Expressing "taboo" or forbidden impulses through creative channels.

DISPLACEMENT:   Expressing a forbidden feeling one has about a powerful figure towards a less powerful, safer object.

FANTASY:   Engaging in fantasy to overcome an assault to self esteem.

REACTION FORMATION:   Acting in a way directly opposite to the unconscious impulse, or feeling.

REGRESSION:   Reverting to behavior characteristic of an earlier, less mature stage of development.

COUNTERTRANSFERENCE:   Transferring feelings by the attorney/therapist to patient/client. The professional may be responding to transference on the part of the client/patient, or may be responding to an earlier figure from the professional's past, e.g., the professional's ex-spouse.

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Debra Crawford Annis
Family Law/Divorce Attorney & Mediator
Monterey, CA


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    Vaniman
    Crawford (Annis)

    Attorney and Mediator.
    Family Law/Divorce.
    Monterey, CA.

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