The author discusses the paper of Catherine Chabert point out how different theoretical and technical approaches can achieve analogous results. The author suggests an interpretation of the material dealt with by C. Chabert which considers the most primitive and pre-Oedipal needs, highlighting problems linked to homosexual investments and the primitive need to be seen and contained by the mother.

Adolescence, 2009, T. 27, n°1, pp. 81-89.