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MORETTO, Cybele Carolina  y  TERZIS, Antonios. Use of greek myths in a psychoanalytic group with teenagers. Rev. SPAGESP [online]. 2013, vol.14, n.1, pp. 30-42. ISSN 1677-2970.

This article aims to investigate, analyse and understand some psychic formations produced during a work with a group of teenagers, as part of the results of a Thesis in Psychology defended by the Post-graduate studies at the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (PUC-Campinas). The study was based on the theoretical and methodological framework of psychoanalysis applied to groups. A group with eight adolescents was formed. It included both sexes, between 14 and 16 years, in a Psychosocial Care Center for Children and Adolescents, a city in the state of São Paulo. The free association technique was used, making available mythical narratives as a resource to facilitate the associative process amongst the teenagers. The material was analysed qualitatively by the use of dream interpretation technique. It was concluded that the group has been a relevant therapeutic tool, which promotes self-knowledge, understanding and provides emotional relief to its participants. In addition, it was a space for the realization of repressed desires and unconscious manifestation of the participants. Finally, the mythical narratives facilitated adolescents to identify with the mythical heroes and express their feelings.

Palabras clave : Adolescence; Psychoanalysis; Group psychotherapy; Mental health; Greek myths.

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