Abstract

FRANCO, Ricardo da Silva  and  SEI, Maíra Bonafé. The use of the genogram in family psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Gerais, Rev. Interinst. Psicol. [online]. 2015, vol.8, n.2, pp. 399-414. ISSN 1983-8220.

The objective by means of this research was to investigate the use of the genogram in family psychoanalytic psychotherapy so as to understand the role that this technique can play in the family setting. It is a qualitative research that made use of clinical material arising from encounters with couples and families held in a psychological clinic at a public university. The clinical material collected was analyzed through the psychoanalytic theory and it could be understood that the genogram can contribute to the understanding of family dynamics, elucidating aspects of generational psychic transmission and thus the development of the therapeutic process as well. The conclusion is that this is a technique that may favor the development of family psychoanalytic psychotherapy especially when used in a freeer and spontaneous way, giving rise to the appearance of unconscious aspects which are more difficult to be accessed otherwise.

Keywords : Genogram; Family Psychoanalysis; Psychological University Clinic.

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