Conceptual tools to counteract trans pathologization in psychology training in Argentina
Keywords:
pathologization, gender performativity, trans studies, transphobia.Abstract
This work argues that it is urgent to stop and reverse the trans pathologization in psychology training in Argentina. To address this problem, a proposal based on the combination of two theoretical approaches is presented: that of community mental health and that of trans studies. Based on this articulation, it is proposed, first of all, to carry out a critical reading that takes into account the fundamental role that psychology training continues to play with respect to trans pathologization in Argentina. And, secondly, to introduce in psychology training, those concepts from the field of trans studies that can make very significant contributions to the field of mental health for the adequate understanding of trans experiences. It is taken as a case of analysis, a text of psychoanalytic orientation recently published in this country. And three conceptual tools in particular are presented: listening, transphobia and gender performativity, as they are raised in the theoretical developments of Leila Dumaresq, Miquel Missé and Susan Stryker, respectively.Downloads
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2021-11-22
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