It doesn’t work anymore Posted on May 21, 2015 John D. Hawkins Jr., M.S., C.A.P., Registered Mental Health Intern People enter counseling with a variety of complaints: depression, anxiety, addiction, and relationship conflicts. As I attempt to assist each individual with these issues, a primary contributing factor I frequently identify is an individual engaging in behaviors that were once adaptive but now have the… Read More
Wishful Thinking Posted on John D. Hawkins Jr., M.S., C.A.P., Registered Mental Health Intern A common psychological defense I see with many of my clients in relationships is denial through fantasy. In this defense, a person denies parts of their reality and relates to the fantasy of who their partner could be, rather than face the reality of who… Read More
Who Do You See? Posted on John D. Hawkins Jr., M.S., C.A.P., Registered Mental Health Intern One of the realities of being human is projecting previous relationships onto current ones. In individual therapy, this manifests when a client engages in assumptions regarding the therapist’s feelings towards the client and reacts to these suppositions; in psychology this is know as transference. A… Read More
