THE PSYCHOANALYTIC SETTING AND ITS POSSIBLE RUPTURES: SOME DISCUSSIONS

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.5585825070514

• Palavras-chave: Psychoanalytic setting, analytic field, psychoanalysis.

• Keywords: Psychoanalytic setting, analytic field, psychoanalysis.

• Abstract:

  The psychoanalytic setting, in its formal and subjective aspects, is a fundamental element for the practice of psychoanalysis, as it favors the necessary conditions for establishing the essential requirements that enable the analytic pair, analyst and patient, to form themselves. However, sometimes the setting suffers pressures and attacks of various kinds that can not only destabilize it, but also lead to its breakdown. Starting from this last condition, our aim is to discuss the psychoanalytic setting, outlining some discussions about its possible ruptures. To this end, we present two ways in which the setting can be broken: one that refers to circumstances inherent to the relationship of the analytical pair and the other that refers to factors that are external to it. Thus, the two ways in which the setting can be broken emphasize how much it needs to be cared for and managed in order to contain or at least reduce the possibilities of the bonds being broken.