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Social Work
Post-Graduate
07/30/2019

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Term
Displacement
Definition
Place UNWANTED/unpleasant FEELINGS onto someone LESS THREATENING or an INNOCENT BYSTANDER.

Ex. being angry at your boss, you redirect feelings to a safer source, such as a spouse or a friend
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Projection
Definition
Taking your emotions and PLACING IT ONTO OTHERS who do not have these emotions.
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Introjection
Definition
To PLACE someone's feelings into yourself
Term
Projective Identification
Definition
Seen in borderline personality disorder - someone who identifies others as having "their" feelings, however they do not show those feelings

Ex. Sally, a client wither borderline disorder, is feeling angry, yet, Sally does not show anger. She then states that her therapist is in an "angry mood."
Term
Splitting
Definition
Clients with borderline personality disorder identify a person as either all good or all bad.

Ex. "She's a great therapist" ... moments later "she's a horrible therapist"
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Rationalizing
Definition
Making excuses or justifying actions to avoid unwanted feelings.

Ex. You weren't hired for the hob you were hoping for. You rationalize by stating "it's too far a commute anyway."
Term
Denial
Definition
Refusing to acknowledge the truth or facts.

"I'm not a shopaholic." yet all your credit cards are maxed.
Term
Repression/Suppression:
Definition
Putting painful thoughts & memories away and forgetting them.
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Sublimation
Definition
A healthy redirection of an emotion

Ex. releasing anger in the gym
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Reaction-Formation
Definition
Turn painful feelings into the opposite. Ex. person has a sudden loss shows a happy mood.
Term
Undoing
Definition
Taking back unwanted behaviors with praises or gifts.

Ex. making up for scolding a child by giving gifts.
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Isolation of Affect
Definition
Expressing no emotions when confronted with difficult events. No emotions during a crisis.
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