Emoções vivenciadas pelo psicoterapeuta aprendiz na clínica psicanalítica com adolescentes: um estudo exploratório

Abstract

The transferential relationship in the patient-psychotherapist dyad can foster the emergence of feelings in both of them throughout the psychotherapeutic process. Considering the interest in investigating the emotions of the apprentice psychotherapist in the psychoanalytic clinic, this study aims to describe the emotions experienced by psychotherapists from clinical facts detected in the care of adolescents. A qualitative research was undertaken using psychoanalytical clinical facts from the reports of clinical sessions. We analyzed the emotional experiences reported by two psychotherapists arising from facts that occurred during each psychotherapeutic process. Two emotions stood out and were analyzed in the light of the foundations of psychoanalysis. The results indicate that apprentice psychotherapists have gone through a so-called "professional adolescence" that could hinder or impede their functioning as psychotherapists, but can also act as a driving force in the search for personal and professional improvement.