Healthy Defense Mechanisms and Coping Strategies

Episode 70.

The healthy defense mechanisms or mature defense mechanisms discussed include anticipation, humor, altruism, suppression, and sublimation.

Coping strategies are skills that can be used to deal with life stressors. Adoptive coping focuses on responding in a constructive way while maladaptive coping focuses on short-term stress relief that may increase stress long-term (anger, drug use, "eating your feelings").

Adaptive coping can be problem-focused coping (targeting the underlying cause), emotion-focused (responding with acceptance), and/or meaning-focused coping (mindfulness, gratitude, prayer).

Defense Mechanisms (episode 68 and 69/season 2 episode 18 and 19)

Personality Disorders (episodes 6, 8, 9, and 13 in season 1)

Types of Therapy (episodes 62 and 63/season 2 episode 12 and 13)

Enneagram (episodes 25-34 in season 1)

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