Emotional development and child maltreatment: a Winnicott’s perspective / Desenvolvimento emocional e os maus-tratos infantis: uma perspectiva winnicottiana

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2004

RESUMO

A child, for a healthy emotional development, needs a welcoming environment, named by Winnicott as a good enough environment, which can take care of the child’s basic necessities without invading him in his process. It can be though that a maltreated child has experienced moments of invasion in his integration process that could prejudice his ulterior development and a psychotherapy would have a great importance as a possibility of traumatic experience’s elaboration and of a holding for his growth. Taking this view in to consideration, the present work has aimed a dialogue between theory and practical work based in a Winnicott’s perspective of the emotional development. The practical work comes from a psychotherapeutic process of a child who has suffered physical abuse perpetrated by his mother and was living in an institution for maltreated children. The total of 106 sessions occurred in the institution where the child used to live, in a frequency of three sessions per week, from November of 2001 to February of 2003. It was possible to notice that, through the play therapy, the child could develop himself emotionally, elaborate traumatic experiences and experiment a supporting and non-intrusive environment. It was possible to work psychological aspects related to his identity, home and family. The play therapy continues until the present moment through the insertion of a new therapist.

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emotional development play therapy psicoterapia psicanalítica abuso da criança desenvolvimento emocional winnicott donald woods 1896-1971 psychoanalytic psychotherapy winnicott donald woods 1896-1971 ludoterapia child abuse

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