Contributions of psychology to youth lived experiences

Abstract

This article aims to illustrate some youth experiences that have been presented today, as well as illustrate possibilities for understanding these experiences from the self-dynamism presented by Edith Stein and the notion of elementary experience by Luigi Giussani. To this end, we discuss the reports of two young people who live in the neighborhood of Uruguay, in the peripheral region of Salvador, Bahia, and point out the contribution of a clinical action inspired by these authors, whose work focuses on the elaboration of the experience. By focusing on the patient’s experience, the psychologist goes beyond mere cognitive understanding. It favors a human encounter that reveals to the other its own dynamics and the meaning of its existence, even in the experiences of suffering.