O processo psicanalítico e a transformação do self

Abstract

This article intends to emphasize the importance of the interconnections between constitutional and evolutional aspects and the possibility that development allows affective life to find a place of expressivity and a constant actualization of self and of relationships. It will be discussed the importance of affections and early relationships in the formation of object relations. It is also argued that the psychoanalytic process should imply the development of security of affects and emotions, the autonomy from object relations and a possibility to develop new representations of the self which will imply a sense of effectiveness in the regulation of the environment and would allow relationships with empathy and mutuality.