| LC control no. | sh 85000697 |
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| LC classification | RC489.A34 Psychotherapy RC569.5.A25 Psychopathology |
| Topical heading | Acting out (Psychology) |
| Variant(s) | Enactment (Psychology) |
| See also | Defense mechanisms (Psychology) Psychology, Pathological |
| Found in | Enactment: toward a new approach ... 1998: CIP galley introduction (A new word has recently entered our clinical vocabulary, enactment, often replacing the earlier action terms acting out and acting in. Many feel that something previously inarticulate has been captured by the concept: a recognition of a process that may involve words, but goes beyond words. For some enactment implies a consistent area of interaction between therapist and patient in the realm of intersubjectivity) MESH (Acting out BT Defense mechanisms) |
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