Psychoanalytic reflections about the maternal bond in the constitution of the subject

Abstract

The present work aims to reflect on the elements that present themselves in the development of the subject, characterizing the parental relationships and their implication in the formation of the subject. This is a literature review study with psychoanalytical theoretical sections made through books and classical texts of psychoanalysis, aiming to answer how the parental relationships, especially the maternal bond, contribute to the constitution of the subject and analyze the relevance of such a link to psychoanalytic clinical practice. The method used in this work was the bibliographical research with as its subject the psychoanalytic theory, to which it guided the work. The main authors used were Sigmund Freud, Donald Winnicott and Juliet Jerunsalinsky. This study became relevant because it discusses the dynamics involved in the constitution of the subject relating development to parental functions. In clinical practice, it is possible to listen to the signifiers that constitute the subject throughout development and, as a consequence, to provide a re-signification of the resulting conflicts.