Tag Archives: psychotherapy
Defense Mechanism of the Week: Projection
Newport Beach, Orange County– What is projection? What does it mean for someone to project his or her feelings onto someone else? Simply put, projection is the misunderstood perception that feelings that in reality come from the inside are coming … Continue reading
Defense Mechanism of the Week: Denial
Defense Mechanisms | November 16, 2011 We all use defense mechanisms to protect ourselves psychologically from uncomfortable thoughts, feelings, and experiences. Some defense mechanisms are more adaptive to the ego, while others are more primitive. One of the more primitive is denial. Everyone uses it occasionally, … Continue reading
Understanding the Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder
Reference | November 1, 2011 What Does It Mean to be Obsessive Compulsive? People with Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder spend a disproportionate amount of their time thinking and doing rather than enjoying other states of being, such as playing, sensing, daydreaming, intuiting, or creating art. … Continue reading
What Is Online Counseling, and Is There a Place for It in the Therapeutic Milieu?
Therapy | October 9, 2011 What is Online Therapy? Online therapy, through videoconferencing with Skpe and other encrypted digital software makes it possible to access a mental health professional remotely and to have a session over video. This type of online counseling is also known … Continue reading
Research Shows that Psychotherapy Helps Severe Schizophrenia
Therapy | October 6, 2011 People who suffer from severe schizophrenia have often been considered beyond help when it comes to talk therapy, and it has been a long held belief that schizophrenics must depend solely on medication management for the treatment of their symptoms, … Continue reading
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