Entre o lar e a creche: observação de um bebê através do método Bick

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to investigate from a case study with Bick observation method the relationship between a baby and her caregivers at home and at care day center over a period of four months. The theoretical used was psychoanalysis specifically based on researchers‟ proposals of human development such as Leibovic, Stern, Spitz, Winnicott and Mahler, who are in agreement that the link between a mother and her child is essential to the baby‟s psychic development. This work used qualitative method through a case study conducted and analyzed by the baby observation method Bick in the familiar environment, as well as adapted in an institutional location: the care day center. In this version of the method, the postpartum period was not observed because the baby started to be observed at the care day center when he was seven months. Speaking of observation time, the original method indicates the duration of two years, but in this work this period was reduced to four months. Such adjustment was necessary since the research is linked to Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia at Universidade Federal do Pará therefore period and conclusion of activities were pre-established and not compatible with Bick‟s proposal. The collected data was analyzed in the following categories: Clarice and her emotional development, The care of Clarice: The home and day care and clarified Clarice. Also, the observer‟s feelings were analyzed during the observation. The care day center performed a caution context which supplemented the one offered by the baby‟s family, filling some gaps even with the presence of work routine. In familiar context, the mother was able to take care of her child, offering her an affective environment despite all the difficulty of her life. During the observations, the baby developed healthily enhanced by the complexity of its relationships.