https://www.psychdb.com/ 2026-06-05T04:18:00-0700 https://www.psychdb.com/ https://www.psychdb.com/lib/tpl/bootstrap3/images/favicon.ico text/html 2021-03-04T13:40:32-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/psychotherapy/psychodynamic/defenses?rev=1614894032&do=diff Defenses Primer Defense Mechanisms (also known as defences) are unconscious psychological mechanisms that reduces anxiety arising from unacceptable or potentially harmful stimuli. Defences can be adaptive or maladaptive. Learning to identify and understand defenses is important in text/html 2026-05-28T00:31:57-0700 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.psychdb.com/psychotherapy/psychodynamic/home?rev=1779953517&do=diff Explores unconscious conflicts that cause symptoms and explores past relationships, transference, and defense mechanisms.