Psychoanalysis Linkage and preparing children for adoption: A therapeutic and interdisciplinary proposal

Authors

  • Isabel Cristina Gomes Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade de São Paulo - IPUSP
  • Lidia Levy PUC-Rio

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/ctc.2016.91.09

Abstract

This article addresses the use of the psychoanalytic psychotherapy linkage under a context of preparing children for adoption. By a clinical case, we discuss the use of this thesis in the joint treatment of two sisters sent by court to the school-clinic, with a dual purpose: to evaluate their inclusion in an adoptive family and to assist them to elaborate the trauma of previous devolutions. The conclusion is that the use of the psychoanalytic setting in the preparation of the children for the adoption has demonstrated its efficiency in order to provide a space for the elaboration of the anguish involved in this process.

Keywords: fraternal link, Psychoanalysis Linkage, adoption.

Author Biographies

Isabel Cristina Gomes, Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade de São Paulo - IPUSP

Profa. Titular do Departamento de Psicologia Clinica do IPUSP

Lidia Levy, PUC-Rio

Profa. Dra. do Departamento de Psicologia.

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Published

2015-10-15

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2016): Jan-Jun

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