Defense Mechanisms

Defenses against mental pain., more primitive and more mature.

[bradhexumOSM]

Truly appreciate the time you give in preparing & filming these, & distributing them freely for all to learn & study. Thank you.

[katehodsdon]

I have devoured a dozen of your videos for my MA. I am so grateful for the hundreds of hours of effort that has gone in to them! I can understand what you say because you’ve taken the effort to explain theories simply, with examples that bring the theory to life. Thank you!!!!

[ecaterinaojog]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us

[lesliemiller]

Such gratitude for you sharing your knowledge in a way that will last for generations. I've watched hours of your videos and have learned so much. I do wish you would directly address the sexism in theories more often, such as the use of "hysteria" in this video and acknowledging the history of these terms and bias within these theories. It doesn't take much time, just at minimum acknowledgement.

[urbbankilll]

"Move closer to your conscience." Yes! A few years back I stumbled into an ego-shattering experience through heavy self-interrogation. What got me to abandon no longer needed defense mechanisms and false ideas about my own nature was making a conscious decision to embrace both the sense of morality and vulnerability that I had been trying to escape from since my adolescence. "Move closer to your conscience" is a succinct way to put it, something I've been searching for since the experience. Thanks!

[velvetclaw]

This is brilliant and impressive not least for your honesty about yourself. I especially appreciate the distinction you make between projection, projective identification and displacement.

[Raphael]

I really appreciate the stuff in the middle about the superego vs. conscience.

[MacMacPherson]

Wonderful... i've been watching a lot of Don's videos recently, we need to preserve these masterful teachings

[alessandroippoliti]

Great video Dr. Carveth. The improvement in video and audio quality really makes a difference! I'd love to see a video talking about the works of Thomas Ogden someday, it would be interenting so hear about a living phsycoanalytic thinker and he would make an organic follow up from both Bions and Kleins models of the mind.

[elnazyaghoobi]

Thank you professor,
Such a great and complete presentation.
I really appreciate your works.

[odysseyraven]

Your talk on schizoid personality was very interesting and enlightening. I’m very eager to watch your second part as well.

[-thepsychologist]

thanks a lot Don, however I've read too much about defenses but today you give me a new and deeper prospective

[tewtravelers]

The way you weave concepts together and give examples is amazing. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I’ve been looking for a lecture of this quality on defense mechanisms—it’s been a challenge to find!

[kiracartwright]

Thanks for this lecture, Dr. Carveth. The story about your father especially struck me. A good example of someone maintaining a balance between decisiveness or courage, individual conscience, and the ability to be vulnerable. Nothing easy about that balancing act.

[shannanon]

as a person who wants to sprint out of the apartment every time something is said or done that stirs up bad feelings in me and either 1) hibernate in the woods for months or 2) walk around aimlessly and smoke one thousand cigarettes as i sip on whiskey, thank you. i listen to your videos and i try to improve. it's very hard though. strange how we can intellectually understand our reaction processes but still get the (nearly) uncontainable urge to smash through a window into another dimension when something triggers us. the other dimension isn't there. we are here and nothing is going away. thank you for your insight, intellect, and calm demeanor.

[edwardturner]

Thank you Mr. Carveth. As a Subsistence Abuse Counselor, this will be a tremendous aid in help my clients. I will subscribe as well.

[mehrnazification]

Thank you so much Dr. Carveth for all your time and effort. I hope you do pieces on "dreams" and "overcoming fear of loss" too :)

[jasminapilasanovic]

Thank you Don. This is extremely helpful all together and specifically at the second year of the study with the first control case. Thank you for making these seminars available.

[kirstinstrand]

That formula for aging is also the secret to discovering one's inner being. We can not grow without accepting loss. And yes, no one is to blame - it's written into the code of humanity.

[timuroguz]

Hi Don. Your videos are so valuable. Thank you!
You know I got my first instructions on psychoanalysis from you in 1998.
With gratitude :)
Timur