Published March 2025 In Malan’s Model of OCD, we introduced the idea that OCD functions as a defense mechanism that negotiates an emotional conflict. In this article we’ll go into further detail regarding the origins of emotional conflicts and how OCD functions as a defense. We’ll then use that understanding to conceptualize a psychoanalytic approach […] The post OCD as a Defense Mechanism appeared first on Dr. Michael J. Greenberg.| Dr. Michael J. Greenberg
* Published December 2022 In his book Individual Psychotherapy and the Science of Psychodynamics, Dr. David Malan offered a simple model for conceptualizing the emotional and relational dynamics underlying OCD. This article presents my simplified version of Malan’s model, largely loyal to the original but filled in and slightly adjusted. I have found this model […]| Dr. Michael J. Greenberg