Abstract

LEVINZON, Gina Khafif. Remembering, repeating, working-through and constructing: The search for the maternal object in the analysis of an adopted girl. Rev. bras. psicanál [online]. 2010, vol.44, n.4, pp. 155-164. ISSN 0486-641X.

This paper examines remembering, repeating, and working-through in analysis, emphasizing the importance of the construction of necessary conditions for the early development of people who present initial basic faults. A clinical case is described in which an adopted girl presented through transference a very regressive and pre-verbal content and sought the introjection of a consistent maternal object. The adoption and the adoptive parents' anxieties appeared as a backdrop in the development of the analytic process, and are also analyzed.

Keywords : remembering; repeating and working-through; construction; adoption; regression; maternal object; children analysis.

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