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Clark, Arthur J. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1992
Presents considerations and strategies for conceptualizing, recognizing, and modifying defense mechanisms through the group counseling process. Provides awareness of defense mechanisms in planning for and implementation of group counseling, describes interaction patterns for identifying defenses among group participants, and clarifies modification…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Defense Mechanisms, Group Counseling

Clark, Arthur J. – Journal of Counseling and Development, 1991
Suggests considerations and strategies for identifying and modifying a client's defense mechanisms in counseling. Provides definitions of individual defenses and indicators for identifying the mechanisms. Literature review focuses on counseling implications of defenses. Process of defense mechanism modification is illustrated through case example.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Clinical Diagnosis, Counseling Effectiveness, Defense Mechanisms