Gratidão e individuação: revisão e reflexões

Renata Ferraz Torres

Authors

Renata Ferraz Torres USP

Keywords:

gratitude, positive emotions, individuation

Abstract

The current article intends to describe several approaches regarding gratitude, an emotional trait that has been studied by psychoanalysts, positive psychology and human personality researchers. The author reviews this diversity of approaches and proposes an analytical discussion on gratitude as an aspect of emotional health, observing that it can also adopt shadowy characteristics that deserve discrimination. It emphasizes the importance of conscious work on gratitude in the path of individuation.

Author Biography

Renata Ferraz Torres, USP

Physician graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of USP in 1998. Residency in Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clínicas, FMUSP concluded in 2001. Analyst member of the Brazilian Society of Analytical Psychology and of the International Association for Analytical Psychology since 2006. Member of the Teaching Comitee at SBPA since 2011

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