Abstract

CERIONI, Rita Aparecida Nicioli  and  HERZBERG, Eliana. Psychological screening: from listening to expectations to formulations of desire. Psicol. teor. prat. [online]. 2016, vol.18, n.3, pp. 19-29. ISSN 1516-3687.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/1980-6906/psicologia.v18n3p19-29.

The research aims to analyze verbalized expectations of the psychological care in the screening process for patients of a Psychological Clinic of a University, and relate them to the unconscious desires. The clinical-qualitative method was applied to a case addressed in the screening process. The service provided consisted in 2 sessions of 60 minutes, using a semi-structured interview. Complaints, clinical and life stories, fantasies around the realm of the psychological care and expectations were also regarded. The analysis was based on psychoanalytic theory of Freud. It was concluded that investigating expectations about what is hoped from the psychological care, makes it is possible, at least to some extent, to access the unconscious desire and to understand its dynamics.

Keywords : psychological screening; psychoanalytic listening; unconscious desire; clinical psychoanalysis; expectations.

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