This article aims to outline considerations about recognition in the psychoanalytic clinic by contrasting it with trauma. In this context, recognition presents itself not only as a form of care promoted by sufficient environmental adaptation, but also as an ethical position assumed in the clinic itself. On the other hand, trauma emerges when the environment fails to recognize the individual’s needs and to mediate his vulnerability in his relationship with the environment.
Key words:
Trauma; recognition; testimony; vulnerability; presence