Infantile autism and therapeutic process

The purpose of this study is to describe and discuss the therapeutic relationship between a child diagnosed with infantile autism and the psychotherapist. This is a case study that used the clinical-qualitative method and supported from psychodynamically-oriented authorsand texts. The clinical mater...

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Autores: MARQUES, Carla Fernandes Ferreira da Costa, ARRUDA, Sérgio Luiz Saboya
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-CAMPINAS)
Repositorio:Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br:article/6845
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/estpsi/article/view/6845
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:crianças autistas
psicoterapia da criança
psicoterapia psicodinâmica
autistic children
child psychotherapy
psychodynamic psychotherapy
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Sumario:The purpose of this study is to describe and discuss the therapeutic relationship between a child diagnosed with infantile autism and the psychotherapist. This is a case study that used the clinical-qualitative method and supported from psychodynamically-oriented authorsand texts. The clinical material obtained from the eight year-old child’s life history and the weekly play therapy conducted over a period of 16 months was discussed and analyzed. An analysis was performed about the therapeutic setting, the “I/not I” discrimination process, the identity construction process, the patient-therapist relationship, and the function of maternal holding. The fact that a child with autism could establish and develop a relationship with the psychotherapist was fundamental to psychotherapy and psychological development.