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Protecting the Self: Defense Mechanisms in Action
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Protecting the Self: Defense Mechanisms in Action Hardback - 2006 - 1st Edition

by Phebe Cramer

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Integrating theory, research, and practical applications, this timely book provides a comprehensive examination of defense mechanisms across gender and age, and their role in both normal development and psychopathology. The author describes how children and adults mobilize specific kinds of defenses to maintain their psychological equilibrium and preserve self-esteem, particularly in situations of trauma or stress.

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Integrating theory, research, and practical applications, this timely book provides a comprehensive examination of defense mechanisms and their role in both normal development and psychopathology. The author describes how children and adults mobilize specific kinds of defenses to maintain their psychological equilibrium and preserve self-esteem, particularly in situations of trauma or stress. Many lucid examples illustrate what these mechanisms look like in everyday life; the impact of age, gender, and personality differences; what happens when defenses are used maladaptively; and how they are affected by psychotherapy. Challenges in assessment are considered, and empirically supported instruments and approaches are discussed in depth.

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In this soliloquy Hamlet raises the question of how we are to handle the "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" that besiege us, that make us feel powerless.

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  • Title Protecting the Self: Defense Mechanisms in Action
  • Author Phebe Cramer
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Guilford Publications, New York
  • Publication date 2006-05-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781593852986 / 1593852983
  • Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.96 x 6.34 x 1.27 in (22.76 x 16.10 x 3.23 cm)
  • Category Psychology
  • Library of Congress subjects Psychology, Pathological, Defense mechanisms (Psychology)
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2006005148
  • Dewey Decimal Code 155.2

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  • Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2006, Page 14

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Phebe Cramer, PhD, until her death in 2021, was Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Williams College, where she joined the faculty in 1970. Dr. Cramer published more than 90 research articles and five books, on topics including defense mechanisms, narcissism, and longitudinal personality development. She was a recipient of the Bruno Klopfer Award from the Society for Personality Assessment and the Murray-Helson Award from the Association for Research in Personality. At Williams, Dr. Cramer was the first woman to hold the position of full professor, the first to chair a department, and the first tenured female professor in the psychology department, and she cofounded a committee that fought for and won salary equity and maternity leave for women. In addition to teaching and research, she maintained a private clinical psychology practice for much of her career and held staff positions in hospitals and institutes.
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