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.
