You notice that individuals who are coming into your practice are spending an inordinate amount of time focusing on issues or objects that are especially important to them, but not influencing the outcome of therapy. Psychoanalytically, you begin pointing out the process to your clients as:

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Displacement can best be defined as moving energy, often times for purposes of distraction, from one object to another. When individuals and families are especially in search of ways to deny what is presenting for them, it becomes a useful and necessary defense mechanism.

You Notice That Individuals Who Are Coming into Your Practice