Abstract

BARRIA-ASENJO, Nicol A.; PAVON-CUELLAR, David; CARDENAS, Gabriel Antonio  and  RAMOS-VERA, José. From Psychology to the Psychoanalytic Clinic. Clinical Approach to Political Violence in the Chilean Popular Insurrection of 2019. En-clav. pen [online]. 2025, vol.19, n.38, pp.218-252.  Epub July 04, 2025. ISSN 2594-1100.  https://doi.org/10.46530/ecdp.v0i38.758.

Political violence is a phenomenon of growing interest. Studies on what is or is not political violence and its effects and causes have been widely studied from different perspectives of various disciplines. The challenge of understanding the psychic and subjective repercussions on patients undergoing psychotherapy persists. The general objective of this research was to analyze how Chilean clinical psychologists of psychoanalytic orientation understand and approach political violence in the context of the Popular Insurrection of 2019. To respond to our general objective, a semi-structured interview was applied to a sample of 8 psychologists, with specializations in the psychoanalytic school with special emphasis on the Freud-Lacan and Winnicott-Klein modalities. Among the main results, we found that it is possible to affirm that the psychological repercussions caused by political conflicts have historically led to the appearance of institutions focused on elaborating and dealing with such after-effects. In the context of popular insurrection, the uncertainty and the levels of violence unleashed in the country led the psychoanalytic device to transform itself to respond from clinical work to the political urgency.

Keywords : Psychoanalytic clinic; political violence; police violence; the political trauma; dictatorship.

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