Gender perspective in psychotherapy: Exploring possibilities within contemporary psychoanalysis

Abstract

In this article, the input of several feminist/psychoanalyst authors is analyzed in order
to support that gender perspective applied to a therapy process is not only viable, but desirable. It looks into the general application of this perspective and not only to subjects manifesting an open conflict with their gender identity, the expression of their gender or any other aspect related to the exercise of their sexuality. It demonstrates that such an approach can be applied to any psychotherapeutic process, considering that it enforces therapeutic effects and fortifies the process itself. By choosing authors from the American continent, mostly Latin American, this exercise enables a review of contemporary psychoanalysis in the Latin American context and recognizes the unavoidable link between psychoanalysis and gender studies.