The trajectory of Arminda Aberastury is inseparably linked to the history of childhood psychoanalysis in Argentina. She inaugurated a new field of practices within Argentine psychoanalysis incorporating heterogeneous ideas and work styles. She translated Melanie Klein (1882–1960) into Spanish for the first time, and she published some of the first papers on children’s psychoanalysis at the Revista Argentina de Psicoanálisis (Argentine Journal of Psychoanalysis). In 1948, she was in charge of teaching the first Child Psychoanalysis Course at the Asociación Argentina de Psicoanálisis (Argentine Psychoanalytic Association). She published her most important work, Teoría y Técnica del psicoanálisis de niños (Theory and Technique of the Psychoanalysis of Children), in 1962 where she established the guidelines of clinical practice with children. She actively took part in the development of psychoanalysis in Uruguay and Brazil by lecturing, supervising analysts, and contributing with...
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Selected Works
Aberastury, A. (1947). Psicoanálisis de niños [Child Psychoanalysis]. Revista de Psicoanálisis, 4(2), 210–214.
Aberastury, A. (1950). El juego de construir casas [The house building game]. Revista de Psicoanálisis, 7(3), 347–383.
Aberastury, A. (1957). El juego de construir casas. Su interpretación y valor diagnóstico [The house building game. It’s interpretation and diagnostic value]. Buenos Aires: Editorial Nova.
Aberastury, A. (1958). La dentición, la marcha y el lenguaje en la posición depresiva [Teething, walking and speech in the depressed position]. Revista de Psicoanálisis, 15(1–2)/ (1958).
Aberastury, A. (1961). Grupos de orientación a madres [Mother’s guidance groups]. Revista de psicología y psicoterapia de grupos, 1, 47–67.
Aberastury, A. (1962). Teoría y técnica del análisis de niños [Theory and technique of child psychoanalysis]. Buenos Aires: Paidós.
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Borinsky, M. (2023). Aberastury, Arminda. In: Jacó-Vilela, A.M., Klappenbach, H., Ardila, R. (eds) The Palgrave Biographical Encyclopedia of Psychology in Latin America. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56781-1_458
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