Psychological Defenses in Everyday Life

by Robert W. Firestone and Joyce Catlett

This book is a rich resource that broadens personal understanding by examining the origins of childhood misery, subsequent defense formation, and the pervasiveness and destructiveness of the resulting maladaptive, addictive behaviors in adults. Numerous case histories show people rejecting love and companionship for imagined connections and illusions. The authors point a way toward reversing the damaging process that keeps individuals from experiencing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898854547
• ISBN13: 9780898854541
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Human Sciences Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"