Psychoanalitical reflections on a case of autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

Authors

  • Ema Ponce de León Leiras Associação Psicanalítica do Uruguai
  • Fátima Maria Vieira Batistelli Sociedade de Psicanálise de São Paulo. Instituto de Psicanálise
  • Marina Caldeira Antunes

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v19i2p277-293

Keywords:

autism, clinical case, child psychonalysis technique, affect, symbolization.

Abstract

Some reflections are made by an analyst from the clinical material presented by the analyst for a girl with ASD, focusing on the first stage of treatment, which is centered in sensations and body-to-body interaction. It is the experienced affect and the encounter with the other one and his or her desire what brings meaning to the sensorial experience. The fundamental tool of psychoanalysis in this stage will be the analyst's perception and affect, at the service of perceiving minimal signs and transform them into signals. The author discusses the form of intervention and the interpretative mode of the analyst, which enables new and building psychic experiences through which symbolization movements start to occur.

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Author Biographies

  • Ema Ponce de León Leiras, Associação Psicanalítica do Uruguai
    Psicanalista. Membro titular da Associação Psicanalítica do Uruguai e diretora da Clínica del Niño – Centro del Adolescente, Montevidéu, Uruguai.
  • Fátima Maria Vieira Batistelli, Sociedade de Psicanálise de São Paulo. Instituto de Psicanálise
    Psicanalista. Membro filiado do Instituto de Psicanálise da Sociedade de Psicanálise de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
  • Marina Caldeira Antunes
    Tradução Tikinet

Published

2014-08-21

How to Cite

León Leiras, E. P. de, Batistelli, F. M. V., & Antunes, M. C. (2014). Psychoanalitical reflections on a case of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Clinical Styles. The Journal on the Vicissitudes of Childhood, 19(2), 277-293. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v19i2p277-293