So Defensive!

We all use defense mechanisms, but we're not all aware of it.

The Essential Guide to Defense Mechanisms

Can you spot your favorite form of self-deception?
by Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D.

Image and Ego: Bruised, Inflated, or Right-Sized?

An accurate fix on the person in the mirror
by Richard E. Cytowic, M.D.

Are You Overusing Your Psychological Tools?

Has knowledge of coping mechanisms begun to work against you?
by William Berry

The Art of Constructive Criticism

Are you a constructive critic or just critical?
by Clifford N. Lazarus, Ph.D.

Personality

Questions of personality have vexed mankind from the dawn of personhood: can people change? How do others perceive me? What is the difference between normal and pathological behavior? One's personality is so pervasive and all-important that it presents a clinical paradox of sorts: it is hard to assess our own personality, impossible to overlook that of others.

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Unconscious

The unconscious is where most of the work of the mind gets done; it's the repository of automatic skills (riding a bike), the source of intuition and dreams, the engine of much information processing. Fleeting perceptions register on the unconscious mind long before we may be aware of them.

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