I, my Name, my Territory: A Clinical Action with “Street Kids”

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https://doi.org/10.5020/23590777.rs.v25i3.e15112

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psychoanalysis, street kids, proper name, territory, institution

Abstract

Ruptures, violences, violation of human rights, drastic losses, drug trafficking, sexual exploitation, crimes, wandering... It’s in the plot of these factors that it takes form the complex reality of the social segregation of thousands of children and adolescents who wander in the streets, houses, institutions, revealing the perverse context that strives to erase all “street kids” human features. This article results from an outreach project that aimed at providing, through an operative group, a space for the collective construction about the proper names, the appropriation of the subject and the territory for teenagers in situation of psychological and social vulnerability. Anchored in the psychoanalytic theoretical framework, the clinical action as well as the construction of this text, aimed at highlighting the lives of the children and adolescents, the psychic functions of the proper name and the territory, understanding them as constitutives of psychic places and spaces of belonging and recognition for subjects of desire, in spite of desubjectivization and the mark of exclusion that the name “street kids” carries.

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Paula Cristina Monteiro de Barros, Catholic University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Graduated in Psychology from the Catholic University of Pernambuco (2003); Specialization in Psychoanalytically Oriented Clinical Psychology from the Center for Research in Psychoanalysis and Language, in partnership with Unicamp-SP (2006); Master in Clinical Psychology from the Catholic University of Pernambuco (2009); PhD in Clinical Psychology from the Catholic University of Pernambuco in co-tutelle with the Doctorat de Recherche en Psychopathologie et Psychanalyse of the Université Paris Diderot / Paris 7 (2015). Has worked in Clinical Psychology since 2003 and worked in Social Assistance in clinical-institutional care for children and adolescents experiencing homelessness, as well as with families in situations of social vulnerability, conducting research on these topics. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at UNICAP (undergraduate and graduate programs in Psychology) and a member of the research group Fundamental Psychopathology and Psychoanalysis. Member of the CNPQ research group titled "Psychoanalysis and Interlocutions: clinic, politics, and culture". Member of the Center for Study and Research on Youth, linked to the Psychology program at the Catholic University of Pernambuco.

Luis Felipe Resende Moreira, Catholic University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Psychologist graduated from the Catholic University of Pernambuco (2024). Specialization in Psychoanalytic Clinic of Children and Adolescents from Instituto ESPE (in progress) and Specialization in Psychoanalytic Clinic of the Baby from UniFafire (in progress).

Elio Valois Abreu Caldas de Sá, School of Government in Public Health of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Graduated in Psychology from the Catholic University of Pernambuco (2023). Currently works as a psychologist at the Comunidade dos Pequenos Profetas. Holds a specialization in "Clinical Interventions in Psychoanalysis" from the Faculdade Frassinetti do Recife (2024) and a specialization in progress in "Lacanian Clinic" from ESPE. Has experience in the field of Psychology, with an emphasis on Clinical and Social Psychology.

Maria Fernanda Gomes Cavalcanti Neves, Catholic University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Has experience in the field of Psychology, with an emphasis on clinical, child, and institutional psychology, as well as in the field of research. Master's student in Clinical Psychology. Post-graduate in Clinical Interventions in Psychoanalysis and specialization in progress in Psychoanalysis, Art, and Literature. Completed a specialization course in Clinical Practice with Adolescents. Volunteer work at an institution for children and adolescents in situations of social vulnerability and volunteer work at the school-clinic of the Universidade Católica de Pernambuco. Partner psychologist at the Instituto Duo, addressing demands related to parenting, perinatality, and childhood.

Maria Luísa Pereira de Oliveira Lima, Frassinetti University Center of Recife, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Graduated in Psychology from the Universidade Católica de Pernambuco (2023). Has experience in the field of Psychology, with an emphasis on Clinical Psychology. Post-graduate student in Psychoanalytic Clinic.

Natália Nóbrega da Cruz Souza, Espe Institute, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil

Psychologist graduated from the Universidade Católica de Pernambuco (UNICAP), with a clinical practice grounded in psychoanalysis. She has experience in caring for children, adolescents, and adults, with an emphasis on social vulnerability contexts. She works at the NGO Comunidade Pequenos Profetas, in addition to practicing in a private clinic. She developed experience in the oncological hospital field during an internship at Hospital Unimed Recife. She holds a post-graduate degree in Clinical Interventions in Psychoanalysis from Unifafire and is currently pursuing a specialization in Lacanian Clinic at the Instituto Espe.

Sandra Maria Nunes Lorenzato, Frassinetti University Center of Recife, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Trainee in early intervention training - PROCIPE - 2025. Specialization in Clinical Interventions from Fafire (2024-2025), Psychologist from the Universidade Católica de Pernambuco (2023), MBA in Business Management from the Universidade Católica de Pernambuco (2013), Bachelor's degree in Public Relations (UNICAP) (2008). Volunteer Vice-coordinator of the Extension Project: Care Service for the Elderly - SAI (UNICAP) since 2021. Researcher for PIBIC - Institutional Program for Scientific Initiation Scholarships (2021-2022) in the Research Project titled: Vulnerability and Social and Health Conditions of the Elderly in Primary Care and Long-Term Care Institutions - A Comparative Study in Brazil, Portugal, and Spain: The situation in Recife/PE. Teaching Assistant in Adult and Elderly Psychology (2022). Participant in the Extension Project: ME AND MY TERRITORY: a clinical action with children and adolescents in situations of social vulnerability.

Teresa Alexandrina Maura da Motta e Albuquerque, Frassinetti University Center of Recife, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Clinical Psychologist (2024) graduated from the Universidade Católica de Pernambuco (Unicap). Post-graduate student in Clinical Interventions in the Psychoanalytic Approach (2025) at the Centro Universitário Paula Frassinetti (Unifafire). Completed specializations in Cultural Policies (1997) and in Information Technology and Management (2009), both from the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), and in Systemic Couple and Family Therapy (2018) from the Faculdade de Ciências Humanas Esuda. She also holds a degree in Social Work from UFPE (1986).

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Published

2025-12-05

How to Cite

Barros, P. C. M. de, Moreira, L. F. R., Sá, E. V. A. C. de, Neves, M. F. G. C., Lima, M. L. P. de O., Souza, N. N. da C., … Albuquerque, T. A. M. da M. e. (2025). I, my Name, my Territory: A Clinical Action with “Street Kids”. Revista Subjetividades, 25(3), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.5020/23590777.rs.v25i3.e15112

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Dossier: Psychosocial Interventions in Contexts of Vulnerability