The way we protect ourselves from things that we don’t want to think about or deal with is called a defense mechanism. This term worked its way into everyday language from Freudian psychoanalytical theory and we commonly refer to different kinds of it to describe feeling states. Think of the
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Parisa Amirmostofian, Loyola Marymount University Date of Award: Summer August 2012 Degree Name: Master of Arts Department: Marital and Family Therapy Abstract This study uses heuristic research as the basis for an art exploration into the experience of exposure to traumatic events leading to complex trauma, from early adolescence to
How many times have you heard this common statement: “we don’t want to get divorced because of our children!!!”? It is ironic that many couples who experience problems in their interpersonal relationships use their children as the excuse for staying in that dysfunctional relationship or marriage. It is understandable that
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