Differents conceptions about family in situation of assessment of candidates to the adoption

Abstract

The family is an institution whose life models and the links between its members come from turning over time. Starting from a psychosocial analysis that aims to contextualize what we call now “contemporary family”, this will relate to the context of adoption, which in turn will be increased by contributions from authors of the psychoanalytic approach. This is because this article aims to present different conceptions of family psychologist performance and relevance to the professional practice of theirs, especially in front of their decisions to the applicants’ adoption. For a sampling of these technicians, it was considered the years of professional experience, and therefore were interviewed two techniques, one with over 20 years experience and the other with only 5 years. We used a methodology clinical qualitative that considers senses and meanings of phenomena. As a synthesis discussion, we elucidated that, currently, although the new family configurations seeks social acceptability and legal existence, still carry the stereotype of the new and unknown. Therefore, we believe that the work of professional Justice in evaluating applicants with the adoption goes through a moment of reflection on the contemporary family, on changes in the Justice and about their own internalized values derived from models of family.