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arrow Counter-transference:

14-07-2006
Conscious or unconscious emotional response of the therapist to the patient. .It is determined by the therapist's inner needs, rather than by the patient's needs, and it may reinforce the patient's earlier traumatic history if not checked by the therapist.
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arrow Coping mechanism:

14-07-2006
Unconscious and conscious ways of dealing with stress without changing one's goals.
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arrow Conversion:

14-07-2006
An unconscious defense mechanism by which the anxiety that stems from an intra-psychic conflict is converted and expressed in a symbolic somatic symptom. Seen in a variety of mental disorders, it is particularly common in hysterical neurosis.
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arrow Conscious:

14-07-2006
One division of Freud's topographical theory of the mind., The content ,of the conscious is within the realm of awareness at- all times. The term is also used to describe a function of. organic consciousness.
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arrow Conscience:

14-07-2006
The part of the self that judges one's own values -'and performance. Is often used synonymously with superego.

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arrow Confrontation:

14-07-2006
Act of letting a person know where one stands "in relation to him, what one is experiencing, and how one perceives him. Used in spirit of deep involvement, this technique is a powerful tool for changing relationships; used as an attempt to destroy another person, it can be harmful. In group and
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