Distancing (disambiguation)
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Distancing may refer to:
- DistancingDistancingDistancing is the appropriate selection of distance between oneself and a combatant throughout an encounter. Distancing is significant in an altercation as it determines both attack and defence options for all parties involved...
, a martial arts term describing the proper placement of one's self with respect to an opponent. - Distancing (psychology)Distancing (psychology)Distancing is a concept arising from the work of developmental psychologists Heinz Werner and Bernard Kaplan. Distancing describes the process by which psychologists help a person establish their own individuality through understanding their separateness from everything around them...
, a technique used in psychological therapy and special education to encourage the early stages of cognition, particularly identity and the separation of one's self from other objects.