O que falta:

explorando o uso de fotografias na “elaboração” do corpo de nascimento com jovens transgêneros

Autores

  • Alessandra Lemma

Palavras-chave:

Transgênero, Corpo de nascimento, Fotografias

Resumo

O artigo enfoca de que maneira, para alguns jovens que se identificam como transgêneros, a expectativa e/ou o próprio processo de transição representam um afastamento de algo dentro de si mesmos que lhes parece errado, doloroso ou traumático, e que ainda não foi conscientemente reconhecido como tal. Isso se torna uma parte que falta da experiência do self, aprisionada no corpo. Considero que o processo de identificação e restituição da parte que falta requer um trabalho de elaboração com o corpo de nascimento, em seus sentidos metafórico e literal, a fim de ampliar a escolha autônoma sobre como encontrar um lar acolhedor no corpo. Com base nos três fatos da vida de Money-Kyrle (1971), proponho um quarto, a saber, o fato inescapável de nossa natureza corpórea, para ressaltar que nossa história pessoal sempre inclui nossa história corporal, daí a importância de trabalhar o que o corpo de nascimento representa inconscientemente. Descrevo o uso de fotografias durante a psicoterapia psicanalítica, com jovens que iniciaram a transição social, para elaborar representações visuais do corpo de nascimento com o objetivo de facilitar a elaboração, no sentido psicanalítico, da narrativa inconsciente do corpo de nascimento. Sugiro que o uso desse recurso visual pode ser especialmente útil para envolver jovens no espectro autista, os quais, hoje em dia, constituem uma minoria significativa entre os jovens transgêneros.

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Biografia do Autor

Alessandra Lemma

Psicanalista. Membro efetivo da Sociedade Britânica de Psicanálise.

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06-07-2026

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Lemma, A. (2026). O que falta: : explorando o uso de fotografias na “elaboração” do corpo de nascimento com jovens transgêneros. Revista De Psicanálise Da SPPA, 33(2). Recuperado de https://revista.sppa.org.br/RPdaSPPA/article/view/1229