Sexual violence: incest, rape and family negligence

This paper examines the challenges involved with the Psychoanalytical Family Therapy (PFT) care of a 41 year-old woman, a victim of incest between the age of 7 and 12, followed by two incidences of rape that resulted in one abortion and the birth of a girl, who is currently 7 years of age. The patie...

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Autores: ALMEIDA PRADO, Maria do Carmo Cintra de, PEREIRA, Ana Carolina Covas
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
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/6995
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/estpsi/article/view/6995
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Agressões sexuais
Estupro
Incesto
Relações familiares
Sex offenses
Rape
Incest
Family relation
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Sumario:This paper examines the challenges involved with the Psychoanalytical Family Therapy (PFT) care of a 41 year-old woman, a victim of incest between the age of 7 and 12, followed by two incidences of rape that resulted in one abortion and the birth of a girl, who is currently 7 years of age. The patient presented childlike behavior, no measure of independence and a borderline  diagnosis. She could never rely upon her mother for any kind of support. Parents, in perverse and abusive collusion, cause considerable damage to their children’s minds, their lives becoming devastated, leading us to believe it is they who have had their psyches damaged, tainted by unthinkable experiences transposed into secrets. To transform and repair is the aim of every Psychoanalytical Family Therapy and, in these cases, there are enormous challenges for the psychotherapist as the family has an acute aversion to reality, it displays intense feelings of persecution and the family psychodynamic spills over into the therapy sessions.