Psychology of the Ego and Defense Mechanisms

How are protective mechanisms formed to ensure the stability of the psyche even in the most adverse developmental situations? What is the influence of an adult on the growth and development of a child? What is the hidden resource of the psyche that comes into contact with the external world? This book belongs to the classic works that form the basis of child psychoanalysis. Anna Freud developed ideas about the mechanisms of psychological defense that manifest when a child encounters the social world. These postulates opened up paths for psychologists to understand the process of personality formation in childhood and provide psychological assistance to children. A. Freud, the daughter and follower of Sigmund Freud, was a scientist who laid the foundations of child psychoanalysis. She authored numerous articles and a series of books, including "Introduction to the Technique of Child Psychoanalysis" (1927), "Introduction to Psychoanalysis for Educators" (1930), "Me and the Mechanisms of Defense" (1936), and "Normality and Pathology in Childhood" (1965).