Abstract

SILVA, Roberta Araujo  and  TEIXEIRA, Leônia Cavalcante. Adolescence and the traumatic: on sexual abuse and the vicissitudes of the subject. Rev. Subj. [online]. 2017, vol.17, n.3, pp. 92-103. ISSN 2359-0769.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5020/23590777.rs.v17i3.6955.

It takes into consideration the different contexts and multiple repercussions associated with each specific experience of sexual abuse in adolescence. It is based on the premise that the psycho-dynamic approach offers the possibility to access the subjective implications of sexual abuse in adolescence. This paper used to illustrate the case study of Liz, a 14-years old girl interviewed after being sexually abused. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the contribution of the use of the Therapeutic Consultation to understand the impact of the sexual abuse of adolescents, especially the unique vicissitudes of being after the traumatic experience. Donald Winnicott developed this psycho-dynamic approach as a way to make the fullest use of the undefended material of the history-taking of the first interview or interviews. It requires an appropriate analytic setting, a holding environment, where the analyst can make use of the experience of mutuality. The objective of the Therapeutic Consultation is to identify the psychic conflict and to intervene to provide mental health. In conclusion, the psychoanalytic technique of Therapeutic Consultation is a useful mean of intervention for professionals who have to deal with cases of sexually abused adolescents in institutions.

Keywords : sexual abuse; trauma; adolescent abuse; psychoanalysis; therapeutic consultation.

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