Geoffrey is a clinical psychologist who is separated from his wife and is in the process of filing for divorce. Whenever his friends or colleagues ask Geoffrey to talk about it or attempt to cheer him up, he focuses on the statistical evidence about the likelihood of divorce, clinical experience he has had, and anything but his emotions and the pain of the marriage ending. Freud would say that Geoffrey is displaying

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Intellectualization involves avoiding emotional stress and instead focusing on analyzing a situation or problem using logic and reason. This is exactly what Geoffrey is doing - he is concentrating on statistics and his clinical experience rather than facing the emotional pain of his divorce.

Geoffrey Is a Clinical Psychologist Who Is Separated from His