ISTDP - What are defense mechanisms? | Dr Sia
Dr Sia is a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, and assistant professor at Griffith University. Here Dr Sia presents a brief video on what defense mechanisms are, how they operate, and what psychotherapy can do to increase our awareness about defense mechanisms and reduce the suffering that they cause. As per always, please remember to comment, like, subscribe and share the video with friends who are interested in psychotherapy, counselling, psychology, and well-being.
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Thank you so much for explaining! Best wishes, Franziska
@drsia2323
Жыл бұрын
You are welcome!
I used to intellectualize much more than now. It's really liberating when I can fully feel what I'm feeling and when I have someone witnessing it without judgment, just being there... Thanks for the video :)
@drsia2323
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. I hope it gives someone else reading this hope too.
I think we supress emotions every day as society does not encourage healthy expression. No wonder there is so much anxiety and depression nowadays! Good topic!
@drsia2323
5 жыл бұрын
Wow, I so agree with what you say there about healthy expression! Having to hide an important part of ourselves all the time is so bad for us!
i dont have any defence mechanisms AT ALL but the vid was really interesting thank you
@drsia2323
4 жыл бұрын
Hahhahahaha
What about repression and reaction formation? How does repression occur and some tip offs for becoming aware of this behaviour?
@drsia2323
4 жыл бұрын
Dear Liam, those are some excellent questions. I'll make a video about these questions! But to answer your questions briefly, repression and reaction formation are autoregulative efforts associated with avoidant attachment. My only tip for becoming aware of how these patterns relate to one's attachment is therapy. Sorry, no easy answers here Liam. I wish I could spread the same jibberish as others do about the 5 ways of this or that but I cannot do so with good conscience. More about all of this in a video soon! Hope this helps.
Hi! Can you talk about splitting? Do Splitting always means Borderline?
@drsia2323
2 жыл бұрын
Great suggestions I will
What is going on when someone is making many actions that are uncaring for themselves, for example binge consuming media, binge eating foods that are unhealthy even when they don't want to, isolating themselves. Is this a type, or perhaps many forms of defense mechanisms? Or is this a more broad pathology?
@drsia2323
5 жыл бұрын
Hi Jasmine, what an interesting question! These broad patterns of negative self-treatments if you will are termed Punitive Super-Ego in dynamic terms (compensatory behaviours in CBT terms) and viewed as "blanket defenses" if you will.
Warning to all Patients do not engage in this specialized Treatment 😢.