Autismo infantil: bajo las profundidades de una asombrosa realidad

Abstract

In this article, we present the emergence of a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder, after a psychotherapeutic intervention with psychodynamic orientation. The first part deals with the historical evolution of the clinical picture, the diagnostic criteria and clinical indicators.
The general antecedents of the child and the clinical characteristics of the diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder embodied in that child are presented. Also, the focus of the psychotherapeutic intervention. In a second part, part of the intervention process is exposed, the decrease of the autistic defenses, the integration of the Object and the acquisition of signifiers in the interaction with Others, and how these interactions influence the physical, psychological and social wellbeing of a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder. In addition, to realize a comprehensive vision of the psyche of a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder beyond the nosological classifications, in order to account for the ways of approaching the world and defend themselves from dismantling and self sensing, to emerge from the encapsulation and approach himself, through contact with Other.