Centre for Childhood Studies
FAMILY ART DIAGNOSIS: A PSYCHOANALYTIC APPROACH TO FAMILY EVALUATION (Andrea Seixas Magalhães)
Event Location: University of Essex Colchester Campus
Join us for an exciting event where Andrea Seixas Magalhães will speak on FAMILY ART DIAGNOSIS at our Centre for Childhood Studies. This event promises creativity, fun, and insightful discussions about childhood through art. Don't miss this unique opportunity to explore the world of childhood studies in a creative way!
ABSTRACT
Family assessment is an interactional diagnostic that incorporates various tools, including projective techniques. In this study, we address the use of Family Art Diagnosis (FAD) in the context of family assessment as a mediating resource to access latent content, especially in families that have experienced trauma. These resources are essential in supporting the restoration of the family’s psychic apparatus functions, thereby promoting emotional health. FAD, a drawing-based technique, encompasses subjective and intersubjective aspects, the interaction style of each subsystem, and the interactional style of the family system, enabling a wide family assessment. We present excerpts from the interview phase of a family assessment conducted at a university clinic. We conclude that recognizing shared suffering through the use of FAD facilitates the transition from the initial complaint to a shared demand, and the representation of traumatic experiences, making it possible to restore the symbolization function of the psychic apparatus.
Keywords: Family; Family Therapy; Psychodiagnosis; Drawing.
Andrea Seixas Magalhães
Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology in Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). Teaching and supervising graduate and postgraduate students since 2007. Clinical psychologist specialized in family therapy and group analysis, member of AIPCF (International Association of Couple and Family Psychoanalysis) since 2006. Research focuses on the following topics: family, couples, family psychotherapy, articulations between systemic and psychoanalytic theories, conjugality, parenthood, domestic violence, Psychosocial Studies and Psychoanalysis.
