The ego and the mechanisms of defense

Book • 1966

Mentioned by

Mentioned by

Forrest Hanson

as a book Anna Freud wrote in 1936 that is on the absolute short list of most influential books in the history of Western therapy.

Mentioned by

Patrick Blanchfield

as a book that contains 47 defense mechanisms

Mentioned by

Harriet Wolfe

as supporting the idea that aggression is a primary human trait.

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