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social science subjects > counseling and psychotherapy > counseling > physical and mental health > psychological defenses

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psychological defenses  

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  • Use of the term defense within psychology and counseling has a long and complex history beginning in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with the revolutionary and, at the time, controversial theoretical contributions of Sigmund Freud. Freud is considered the founder of the psychoanalytic movement within psychology and psychiatry. [Source: Encyclopedia of Counseling; Defenses, Psychological]

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