Potential space in the family with abuse: confusion between psychic spaces

Journal title INTERAZIONI
Author/s Diana Norsa
Publishing Year 2025 Issue 2025/1
Language Italian Pages 14 P. 32-45 File size 86 KB
DOI 10.3280/INT2025-001003
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Contributing strongly to the construction of a solid and dynamic sense of self is the possibility of using a potential space, as it was defined by Winnicott, a psychic space that is simultaneously me and not me. The author intends to extend this Winnicott concept to family ties. A clinical case will be brought to exemplify the effect that sexual abuse suffered by the mother and long denied had in reducing the family’s potential space, causing a kind of short-circuit between the maternal traumatic experiences and the child’s pubertal conflict.

Keywords: potential space, sexual abuse, traumatic puberty.

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Diana Norsa, Lo spazio potenziale nella famiglia con abuso: confusione fra spazi psichici in "INTERAZIONI" 1/2025, pp 32-45, DOI: 10.3280/INT2025-001003