Citation

Haza M. Psychotherapies 2019; 39(3): 141-147.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019)

DOI

10.3917/psys.193.0141

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This text states multiple forms of acting out in adolescent clinics. Reine, 14 years-old, hospitalized as a result of intentional self-harm, unconsciously deploys strategies in order to fight off childhood passivity and the trauma linked to incestuous abuses from her mother. Burglary, prostitution, suicide attempt and scarifications are among the young girl's acted manifestations. By understanding self-inflicted body injuries as significant traces, " skin representations " therapy, in transferential dynamics, enables giving back their meaning to acts, to reinject historization. Reine is beginning to free herself from her mother's hold and the confusion between bodies and skins, through the transformation of her inhibited hate and murderous affects. © 2019 Editions Medecine et Hygiene. All rights reserved.

Language: fr

Keywords

human; adolescence; child abuse; suicide attempt; mother; hate; automutilation; scar formation; prostitution; acting out; Article; childhood trauma