Abstract

VANNUCCHI, Ana Maria Stucchi. Transformations of/in the analyst. J. psicanal. [online]. 2020, vol.53, n.98, pp. 291-307. ISSN 0103-5835.

In this article the author seeks to reflect on the clinical experience with two patients who lived through strange and threatening episodes, which, right from the very start, the author named as hauntings. Her considerations suggest that these hauntings may be transformed - through the analyst's intuition, oneiric thought and alpha function - and the result of these transformations may bring useful unfoldings to the analytical pair, such as the springing of new vertex, the amplification of the mental space and the possibility to digest and elaborate strong emotions, movements closer to the notion of haunt regarded as a sponsor for knowledge and for being. This article also approaches the transformations experienced by the analyst in their formation, the transformations the analytical writing may provide, as well as existential transformations in the analyst's own life, which may hamper the analytical activity, demanding constant care and reanalyses.

Keywords : haunting; haunt; know; at-one-ment (atonement); analytical training.

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