| bibliotherapy | The use of books (especially literature and poetry) as an aid to coping with loss or other experiences.
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| distancing strategies | A method of coping with a difficult experience or situation by limiting the number of people with whom one has contact through the reduction of opportunities for potentially stressful interactions.
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| mental first aid | Providing comfort and support to a person undergoing a painful experience or a difficult medical procedure.
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| protothanatic behavior | Behavior, such as the child's game of "peekaboo," that involves preparation for concepts about life and death that eventually emerge in later interactions with the environment.
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| selective memory | A way to cope with difficult experiences by reconstructing memories in such a way that painful memories are "forgotten."
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| sublimation | Substituting for the desired activity or diverting the expression of an instinctual desire or impulse from an unacceptable form to one that is considered more socially or culturally acceptable.
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