The Scapegoat, by William Holman Hunt. Source: Wikicommons The ego defense of displacement plays an important role in scapegoating, in which uncomfortable feelings such as anger, frustration, envy, ...

Did you ever feel left out, picked over, excluded, or castigated by a member of your own family or by someone close to you? Were you treated more like a stage prop growing up and pushed out like a ...

Children who are raised in a dysfunctional family often do anything they can to survive day-to-day. Some kids align themselves with their parents as a self-protective measure, while others are put in ...