Is Mental Illness Within Our Control?
Four years ago, I self-published an autobiographical account of my battle with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
Tags: Sigmund Freud
Psychoanalytic Therapies: Explore the Unconscious
Dr Berney and Dr Marshall discuss therapeutic approaches that began with Sigmund Freud.
Myth That OCD Disorder Is Associated With Superior Intelligence Debunked
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is not associated with a higher intelligence quotient (IQ), a myth popularised by Sigmund Freud
Imagination and Experiments in Psychotherapy
Sigmund Freud stated in his Interpretation of Dreams that therein lay ‘the royal road to the unconscious’.
Interview with Dr Stella Compton Dickinson, Author of ‘The Clinician’s Guide to Forensic Music Therapy’
Dr Compton Dickinson is the author of The Clinician’s Guide to Forensic Music Therapy. She is a London-based Consultant Psychotherapist.
Useful Resources to Help You Teach Defence Mechanisms to Your Students
Here are some useful resources to help you teach defence mechanisms during your lessons.
Defence Mechanisms: Rationalisation
As a defence mechanism, rationalisation involves putting something into a different light or offering a different explanation.
Defence Mechanisms: Intellectualisation
As a defence mechanism, intellectualisation is the overemphasis on thinking when confronted with unacceptable feelings.
Defence Mechanisms: Sublimation
As a defence mechanism, sublimation is the channelling of unacceptable feelings into more acceptable ones.
Defence Mechanisms: Projection
As a defence mechanism, projection is the misattribution of an undesirable feeling onto another person.