What voice in the unheard voice?

a psychoanalytic listening to recyclable waste pickers

  • João Elias Cury Júnior Universidade Estadual Julio de Mesquita Filho (Unesp)
  • Silvio José Benelli Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho (Unesp)
Keywords: psychoanalysis, psychotherapeutic group, recyclable collectors, public policies

Abstract

We present an account of an experience in a psychotherapeutic group with recyclable collectors, based on the foundations of Freud and Lacan’s psychoanalysis. By means of enunciations built on the principle of free association, it was possible to observe, along the process, changes/displacements in the subjects which resonated beyond the speaker, reaching parts of the collective. The goal is to show that the favoring of narrative constructions can lead the subject to reposition themselves before their suffering and their surroundings. A relevant aspect to also take into consideration concerning the approach modes used by Mental Health and Social Service teams when addressing oppressed populations

Author Biographies

João Elias Cury Júnior, Universidade Estadual Julio de Mesquita Filho (Unesp)

Psychologist and Master in Psychology (FCL / Unesp - Assis).

Silvio José Benelli, Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho (Unesp)

Psychologist, PhD in Social Psychology by the Institute of Psychology at USP, São Paulo. Assistant professor at the Department. of Clinical Psychology in the Psychology Undergraduate Course and in the Psychology and Society Postgraduate Program at FCL / UNESP - Assis

Published
2018-03-26
Issue
Vol 16 No 2 (2017)
Section
Artigos