Dr. Young says, "My client faced such severe traumas in her first five years of life that she blocked the memories from conscious recall. The result is that although she is 29 years old, and cannot remember her childhood." Dr. Young is describing the psychodynamic concept of ____.

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Dr. Young is describing repression, a psychodynamic concept where traumatic memories are unconsciously blocked from conscious recall as a defense mechanism.

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