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26 Cards in this Set
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Acting Out
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Exhibiting negative behaviors rather than using thoughts or emotions to deal with a situation
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Avoidance
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Refusing to deal with troubling situations or experiences
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Denial
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Refusing to acknowledge an aspect of reality that is evident to others
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Displacement
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Transferring strong feelings from the situation in which they originated to a less threatening situation
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Dissociation
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Temporarily disconnecting from the situation via memory loss or loss of awareness
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Help-rejecting Complaining
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Constantly complaining and requesting help which is then rejected when offered
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Idealization
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Exaggerating the positive and ignoring the negative aspects of a person or situation
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Identification
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Modeling oneself after another person in order to gain approval
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Intellectualization
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Avoiding emotions by focusing on thoughts and abstractions
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Isolation
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Disconnecting thoughts and emotions
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Passive aggression
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Expressing anger and hostility in indirect ways
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Projection
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Attributing one's own unacceptable thoughts emotions or actions to another
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Reaction formation
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Replacing unacceptable thoughts and emotions with their opposite to overcompensate
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Rationalization
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Justifying one's choices in self-serving but invalid ways
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Regression
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Reverting to a lower developmental level in thoughts emotions and behavior
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Repression
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Relegating disturbing thoughts and feelings to the unconscious rather than dealing with them effectively
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Resistance
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Blocking memories, insights, or avenues to positive change
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Somatization
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Channeling conflicts into physical symptoms
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Splitting
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Perceiving the self and others as either all good or all bad
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Undoing
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Negating or invalidating unacceptable thoughts, emotions, or actions
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Anticipation
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Reducing anxiety by considering the probable consequences of future events and finding ways to address them effectively
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Humor
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Focusing on the amusing aspects of situations
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Sublimation
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Redirecting potentially harmful emotions or impulses into socially acceptable ones
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Suppression
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Intentionally avoiding paying attention to non productive and troubling issues, experiences, and emotions
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Affiliation
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Turning to others for help and support but retaining responsibility for one's own difficulties
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Altruism
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Deriving satisfaction from investing heavily in helping others
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