Eros in the analytical encounter

seduction good enough

Abstract

Based on the report of an online analytical session, the text presents a reflection on the vitalizing function of the analyst, highlighting what we call “sufficiently good seduction” similar to Winnicott’s “enough good mother”: seduction as part of the analytical encounter, and must keep itself operating from an ethical position. We propose that seduction matches erotization, both in the mother-baby dyad and in the analyst-analysand pair; developing such ideas from Luís Claudio Figueiredo and Dianne Elise. We think of seduction as a therapeutic strategy of vitalization – being linked to Eros in its broad sense. We used the contributions of Dianne Elise when she associates the mother-baby dyad with the analytical pair, proposing the metaphor of dance as parallel to the creative and erotic vitality that interlacing the movements of the referred pairs. We also point out that, in the form of remote session the case presented had safeguarded the vigour of the meeting.