From the relation of the use of the analyst: transference marked by destruction and by the survival of the analyst in the holding environment

Abstract

This article reflects on the importance of thinking the transference relation in the clinic with children in serious psychic suffering far beyond the interpretation. Using Winnicott as a theoretical and clinical reference, a case study is related where the transference is marked by the destruction and survival of an annalist in a holding set, where the annalist could be used by the child to a resumption of his constitution process and external world. Keywords: Transference, Serious Psychic Suffering, Destruction, Survival, Holding.