Abstract

FERES-CARNEIRO, Terezinha  and  SEIXAS MAGALHAES, Andrea. Transformations of parenthood: Clinical aspects with separated and reconstituted families. Subj. procesos cogn. [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.1, pp.104-121. ISSN 1852-7310.

The paper has two parts. The first deals with the difficulties between the members of a separate family and the second deals with the different ways of being a father / stepfather in reconstituted families. In both parts the paper includes a synthesis and .discussion of recent literature and a study of clinical situations. In the first part the paper describes the troubled relationship between a mother and her two daughters in a separate family, presents a synthesis of interviews and an analysis of the material derived from the application of graphic techniques. In the second part, on the different ways of being a father / stepfather in a reconstituted family, the paper includes the study of two cases. In the first, the father / stepfather has an affectionate approach to the childrens, although he exhibits difficulties in the capacity to limit children character. In the second case, the stepfather has not an own child. Then, he apppears located more like other child in the family. The paper concludes that the intersubjective basis of separated families and stepfamilies is dependent on symbolic rearrangements encompassing the marital partner, the parental couple and the extended family. Further proposed that, in the clinical activity with the family, it should pay attention to the quality of the underlying intersubjective exchanges in social bonding, without losing sight of promoting emotional health.

Keywords : Separated families; Reconstituted families; Symbolic links in the family; Stepfather.

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