Abstract

CONTE, Raquel Furtado. Scarifications in adolescence: the child in analysis. Estud. psicanal. [online]. 2022, n.57, pp.27-34.  Epub Feb 14, 2025. ISSN 0100-3437.  https://doi.org/10.5935/2175-3482.n57a03.

This article aims to discuss the experience of a clinical case of an adolescent with scarification, based on the understanding of her difficulties with identification models. The methodology followed the presuppositions of a case study in psychoanalysis, with interviews and observation of behavior during consultations, in addition to transference handling. The sessions were transcribed to a list and, later, content selections were made according to the purpose of the study. Based on the reports and the transference relationship, it was possible to identify a symbiotic relationship with the mother figure, permeated by domestic violence and conflicting aspects with a feared father figure. These associated factors were implicated in the impossibility of offering the adolescent a favorable environment for the development of a satisfactory symbolic reordering with her childhood self. As final considerations, this study suggests that it is possible to help the psychotherapeutic follow-up process in the process of adolescence in a context of violence and with gender dysphoria, by promoting a positive bond favorable to the entry of a third element that can provoke sutures in the rupture of narcissistic mandates.

Keywords : Adolescence; Scarifications; Psychoanalysis; Experience report.

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