Inledning: Det högkänsliga draget eller den högkänsliga personen (HSP) är en del av personlighetspsykologin och myntades först av Elaine Aron. Ämnet och draget är relativt outforskat och det finns fortfarande områden att belysa. Syftet med arbetet är att undersöka ett av dessa områden och det är psykoterapeuters erfarenhet av det högkänsliga draget i psykoterapi.  Frågeställning: Vad har psykodynamiskt orienterade psykoterapeuter för erfarenheter av det högkänsliga draget i en psykoterapi?  Metod: Fem legitimerade psykoterapeuter med erfarenhet av området valdes ut genom ett bekvämlighetsurval samt snöbollsmetod. För att besvara studiens fråga användes en kvalitativ metod med en induktiv ansats, samt semistrukturerade frågor och öppna fördjupningsfrågor. Intervjumaterialet strukturerades enligt en tematisk analys.  Resultat: De intervjuande psykoterapeuterna beskrev högkänsliga draget som ett resultat av individens uppväxtmiljö och omständigheter i livet. Det är uttrycket för negativa livsomständigheter, vilka går att arbeta med i en terapi. En integrering av kropp och själ blir i detta sammanhang ett mål för att uppnå en psykisk och fysisk hälsa hos personer med det högkänsliga draget. På grund av studiens storlek bör inga generella slutsatser dras rörande det högkänsliga draget, utan bör enbart vara begränsad till denna studie.  Diskussion: Psykoterapeuters erfarenheter kring det högkänsliga draget visade sig dela mycket av redan existerande föreställningar. Troligen har det sin grund i att definitionen av draget redan finns i befintlig litteratur och haft en viss mediaexponering, men kan även berott på att författaren haft en förförståelse om draget som kan haft en påverkan på respondenterna i studien. Att kroppen och sexualitet kom upp som ett ämne skapade nya frågor som tyvärr inte fick tillräcklig med plats i denna studie. Ämnet som sådant är intressant att studera vidare. Då studien enbart berör fem psykoterapeuters erfarenheter om det högkänsliga draget, bör inte några generella slutsatser dras rörande draget. Resultaten som presenteras bör endast begränsas till denna studie. / Introduction: The Highly Sensitive Trait or Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) is part of personality psychology and was first coined by Elaine Aron. The subjects and the trait is relatively unexplored and there are still areas to highlight. The purpose of this work is to investigate one of these areas and it is psychotherapists experience of patients with the highly sensitive trait.  Question: What are psychodynamic oriented psychotherapists’ experience of the highly sensitive trait in a psychotherapeutic context?  Method: Five licensed psychotherapists with experience in the area were selected through a convenience selection and snowball method. To answer the study’s question. A qualitative method with an inductive approach was used, with semi-structured questions and open in-depth questions. The interview material was structured according to a thematic analysis.  Results: The interviewed psychotherapists described the highly sensitive trait as a result of the individuals upbringing environment and circumstances in life. It is the expression of negative life circumstances, which can be worked with in a therapy. In this context, the integration of the body and mind becomes a goal for achieving mental and physical health in people with the highly sensitive trait. Due to the size of the study no general conclusions should be drawn regarding the highly sensitive trait, but should be limited to this study only.  Discussion: Psychotherapists ́ experience of the highly sensitive trait turned out to share much of already existing perceptions. This was probably due to the fact that the definition of the trait already exists in literature and has had a certain media exposure. But it may also be due to the authors pre-existing understanding of the trait that may have had an impact on the respondents in the study. The fact that the body and sexuality came up as a topic created new questions that unfortunately did not got enough space in this study. The subject is however interesting to study further. As the study is only based on the experience of five psychotherapists about the highly sensitive trait, no general conclusions should be drawn about the trait. The results should only be limited to this study.

Face às transformações sócio-culturais ocorridas ao longo do século XX, que favoreceram a predominância de configurações psicopatológicas distintas das neuroses, a metapsicologia freudiana passou por críticas e revisões, que visavam tanto compreender quanto tratar essas patologias que desde então ficaram em evidência. O narcisismo se mostrou um conceito central nessa reformulação teórica, que permitiu a construção de uma segunda teoria tópica do aparelho psíquico, quando o inconsciente deixou de ser entendido como subproduto da consciência. Neste novo modelo, embora o conflito edipiano ainda mantenha um lugar de destaque na cena psíquica, sua importância no desvelamento dos processos de instauração das psicopatologias passou a um plano secundário. A aquisição de um sentido vital e o desenvolvimento de estilos subjetivos como tributários das marcações sensoriais estabelecidas nos primórdios da relação materno-infantil passaram, radativamente, a ocupar um lugar de destaque na teorização psicanalítica e, consequentemente, os processos infralingüísticos adquiriram relevo como moduladores da eficácia da cura pela palavra. Neste trabalho discuto aspectos de algumas das intuições freudianas acerca da forma como se constitui um psiquismo em sua teorização, e apresento a relevância de contribuições à sua teoria, realizadas por psicanalistas como Ferenczi, Winnicott, Anzieu e Haag, entre outros. A contribuição desses autores para a o entendimento das condições e obstáculos para o estabelecimento de um Eu capaz de agir de forma criativa na interação com seu meio, permite que se pense no fenômeno humano em uma perspectiva que rompe com os dualismos - aos quais Freud se manteve aderido - e compreende a subjetivação como um processo complexo e interminável. A categoria sensorialidade desempenha um papel significativo e precisa ser considerada na compreensão dos fenômenos que emergem no campo transferencial. Apresento um caso clínico como fio condutor e como ilustração da importância de seu resgate na prática da terapia psicanalítica contemporânea, visto que pretendo reafirmar a soberania da clínica para interpelar a teoria e enriquecê-la. / The social-cultural transformations which occurred during the 20th century, favored the prevalence of new psychopathological configurations, which were different to classical neuroses. As a result, the Freudian meta-psychology was submitted to criticisms and revisions, which intended not only to understand but also to treat those pathologies that were in evidence ever since. Narcissism became a central concept in that theoretical reformulation, which allowed for the construction of a second topical theory of the psychic apparel, in which the unconscious was no longer conceived of as being a by-product of the conscience. In this new model, although the Oedipian conflict still maintains a prominent place in the psychic scene, its importance in the establishment of psychopathologies was driven to a secondary level. The acquisition of a vital sense and the development of subjective styles as a tributary of the sensorial demarcations established in the beginning of the maternal-infantile relationship gradually occupied a prominent place in the psychoanalytical theory and, as a result, the infra-linguistic processes acquired relief as modulators of the effectiveness of the talking cure. In this work, aspects of some of the Freudian intuitions concerning the way in which a psyche is constituted in theory, is discussed, and the relevance of contributions to such theory, according to psychoanalysts such as Ferenczi, Winnicott, Anzieu and Haag, among others, is also presented. The contributions of such authors to the understanding of the conditions and obstacles necessary for the establishment of an "Ego" which is capable of acting in a creative manner while interacting with its environment, allows us to think of the human phenomenon in a perspective that breaks with the dualisms - to which Freud remained stuck - and permits one to understand subjection as a complex and endless process. Sensoriality is a category that acquires a significant paper in the understanding of the phenomena present in the transferencial field, and its importance must be recognized. A case history is presented as a conductive thread and illustration of the importance of its ransom in contemporary psychoanalytical practice, aiming at reaffirming the sovereignty of the clinical to question and enrich the theory.

Face às transformações sócio-culturais ocorridas ao longo do século XX, que favoreceram a predominância de configurações psicopatológicas distintas das neuroses, a metapsicologia freudiana passou por críticas e revisões, que visavam tanto compreender quanto tratar essas patologias que desde então ficaram em evidência. O narcisismo se mostrou um conceito central nessa reformulação teórica, que permitiu a construção de uma segunda teoria tópica do aparelho psíquico, quando o inconsciente deixou de ser entendido como subproduto da consciência. Neste novo modelo, embora o conflito edipiano ainda mantenha um lugar de destaque na cena psíquica, sua importância no desvelamento dos processos de instauração das psicopatologias passou a um plano secundário. A aquisição de um sentido vital e o desenvolvimento de estilos subjetivos como tributários das marcações sensoriais estabelecidas nos primórdios da relação materno-infantil passaram, radativamente, a ocupar um lugar de destaque na teorização psicanalítica e, consequentemente, os processos infralingüísticos adquiriram relevo como moduladores da eficácia da cura pela palavra. Neste trabalho discuto aspectos de algumas das intuições freudianas acerca da forma como se constitui um psiquismo em sua teorização, e apresento a relevância de contribuições à sua teoria, realizadas por psicanalistas como Ferenczi, Winnicott, Anzieu e Haag, entre outros. A contribuição desses autores para a o entendimento das condições e obstáculos para o estabelecimento de um Eu capaz de agir de forma criativa na interação com seu meio, permite que se pense no fenômeno humano em uma perspectiva que rompe com os dualismos - aos quais Freud se manteve aderido - e compreende a subjetivação como um processo complexo e interminável. A categoria sensorialidade desempenha um papel significativo e precisa ser considerada na compreensão dos fenômenos que emergem no campo transferencial. Apresento um caso clínico como fio condutor e como ilustração da importância de seu resgate na prática da terapia psicanalítica contemporânea, visto que pretendo reafirmar a soberania da clínica para interpelar a teoria e enriquecê-la. / The social-cultural transformations which occurred during the 20th century, favored the prevalence of new psychopathological configurations, which were different to classical neuroses. As a result, the Freudian meta-psychology was submitted to criticisms and revisions, which intended not only to understand but also to treat those pathologies that were in evidence ever since. Narcissism became a central concept in that theoretical reformulation, which allowed for the construction of a second topical theory of the psychic apparel, in which the unconscious was no longer conceived of as being a by-product of the conscience. In this new model, although the Oedipian conflict still maintains a prominent place in the psychic scene, its importance in the establishment of psychopathologies was driven to a secondary level. The acquisition of a vital sense and the development of subjective styles as a tributary of the sensorial demarcations established in the beginning of the maternal-infantile relationship gradually occupied a prominent place in the psychoanalytical theory and, as a result, the infra-linguistic processes acquired relief as modulators of the effectiveness of the talking cure. In this work, aspects of some of the Freudian intuitions concerning the way in which a psyche is constituted in theory, is discussed, and the relevance of contributions to such theory, according to psychoanalysts such as Ferenczi, Winnicott, Anzieu and Haag, among others, is also presented. The contributions of such authors to the understanding of the conditions and obstacles necessary for the establishment of an "Ego" which is capable of acting in a creative manner while interacting with its environment, allows us to think of the human phenomenon in a perspective that breaks with the dualisms - to which Freud remained stuck - and permits one to understand subjection as a complex and endless process. Sensoriality is a category that acquires a significant paper in the understanding of the phenomena present in the transferencial field, and its importance must be recognized. A case history is presented as a conductive thread and illustration of the importance of its ransom in contemporary psychoanalytical practice, aiming at reaffirming the sovereignty of the clinical to question and enrich the theory.