Defense Mechanisms 1
Chronic cancelations/no-shows
What is Avoidance
Refusing to accept reality
Denial
Avoids difficult topics
Flight
A worker in Fight mode is often trying to regain this.
Control
"I'm fine"
Denial
Childlike Behaviors
Regression
Fight
What does the fawn response protect against?
Rejection/abandonment
Blames you for lack of progress
Projection
Rationalization
Does tasks for the client
Fawn
A worker in a freeze response is avoiding making this ____
Worse
Demands rides/money/task completition
Regression
Client is angry at their therapist, yells at you.
Displacement
Refers out quickly
Flight
The flight response is creating _______ to protect from overwhelm.
Rapid shifts in trust
Splitting
"Instead of discussing my sadness, let's analyze the evolutionary purpose of grief."
Intellectualization
Difficulty making decisions
Freeze
The client needs __ to build internal regulation
co-regulation