Ambivalencias en la escucha de la tortura en Chile: implicancias clínicas y sociales / Ambivalences in the listening of torture in Chile: clinical and social implications

RESUMEN

Los resultados presentados surgen del análisis de dos instancias en las que se escuchó acerca de la tortura ocurrida en Chile durante la Dictadura militar una investigación realizada con profesionales de la Comisión Nacional sobre Prisión Política, y grupos psicoterapéuticos realizados con personas que luego de declarar ante esta comisión, fueron derivados a atención psicológica. Se recogieron relatos de vida con 22 profesionales de la comisión, y se realizaron 4 grupos psicoterapéuticos (2 de mujeres y 2 de hombres) con 29 personas. En ambos casos, la escucha se centró en experiencias que apelaron a lo traumático, determinando la emergencia de ambivalencias, tanto respecto a emociones surgidas, como de la dimensión institucional determinada por el hecho que ambas instancias hayan sido realizadas asociadas a la comisión. Los análisis permiten comprender efectos que la escucha de la tortura genera tanto a nivel individual como social.

ABSTRACT

The results presented are derived from the analysis of two instances in which individuals gave their testimonies of torture during the military dictatorship in Chile a study conducted with professionals from the Chilean National Commission on Political Imprisonment and Torture, and psychotherapeutic groups for people who were referred to psychological treatment after declaring before said commission. The life stories of 22 professionals working for the Commission were documented, and 4 psychotherapy groups comprising 29 people in total were set up (2 for men and 2 for women)". In both cases, the listening sessions focused on experiences of traumatic events, which resulted in the emergence of ambivalences regarding the emotions felt and the institutional dimension due to the fact that both listening instances were carried out in association with the Commission. The analyses make it possible to understand the effects that the listening of torture generates at an individual and a social level.