This toolbox section is for you to review and try to apply what you have learned to your experiences with direct practice in your field.
Respond to the prompts below.
Please give an example of how you might strengthen a client’s ego functions in your fieldwork.
Please give an example from your fieldwork of a client who demonstrated adaptive and maladaptive defensive functioning.
Please provide an example of ego-supportive and/or ego-modifying interventions you have used or might use with a particular client.