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A Client Reports Developing Nausea and Vomiting the Morning of Having

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A client reports developing nausea and vomiting the morning of having a scheduled medical examination.Which type of defense mechanism is this client most likely experiencing?


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Psychotherapy

A therapeutic treatment involving psychological methods, typically involving dialogues between a therapist and a client, to address mental health issues or emotional disorders.

Self-awareness

An understanding of one's personal attributes, feelings, intentions, and aspirations.

Deindividuation

Deindividuation is a psychological state occurring in group settings that leads to a reduction in self-awareness and an increase in impulsivity and deviation from typical behavior, often resulting in actions not typically exhibited alone.

Self-discrepancy Theory

Higgins’s theory about the consequences of making actual – ideal and actual – ‘ought’ self-comparisons that reveal self-discrepancies.

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