Traumatisme réel, traumatisme fantasmatique. Le "Patte-Noire" dans l'approche des représentations de relation

Abstract

Monika Boekholt, Real and fantasized traumatism. The « Black paw » test in an approach to relation representations. The work presented here participates in a relfection concerning the differential approach to psychic functioning and in particular, the aspects brought to light by projective techniques including the « Black Paw » test as regards representations of relations. The work is based on a comparison of the psychological evaluations of twenty 6 to 8-year-old girls among whom some are victims of abuse and have been hospitalized for this reason and others are consultants in child psychiatry presenting an organization of the hysterical type. Whereas the Rorschach, the CAT and the TAT may in some cases be unable to differentiate among them, the situations of bodily rapprochement which are manifest in the « Black Paw » material reactivate these specific drive and defensive modalities. Key words : Children - Abuse - Hysteria - Projective tests - « Black Paw ».