Summary Of Sarah's Displacement Defense Mechanism

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On the other hand, due to Sarah experiencing high levels of anxiety and telling the counselor that the therapy is not working could belittle the counselor such as saying “you went to school or this?”, “You do a horrible job!”, or “Since you stink at your job, I’m going to go to someone else.”. Indeed, these negative remarks/comments can make the therapist feel like a failure. Based on Sarah’s displacement defense mechanism, she is in the anal stage. This stage is when the individual is unable to notice their actions and portrays anger towards outside sources. Why Sarah is in the anal stage is because she is upset that the therapy is not working and expressing anger at therapy (Corey, 2016, p. 63). If Sarah was to continue the displacement

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