ABSTRACT
The history of Sophie's treatment can illustrate how the emergence of a subject of discourse requires that drive impulsion receives a sufficiently meaningful response from the partner —especially where its symbolization has been defective. When the author first meet Sophie a year later, her parents are completely worn out, overwhelmed by an unceasing onslaught of events. There is also the fact that Sophie cannot fall asleep by herself. Sophie sleep problems have disappeared, however. From now on she can come alone on the commuter train and go out with her friends without getting into much mischief. When the hospital reopens in September, we are surprised to learn that in July Sophie was able to do a month-long summer internship in the garage where her father works. Such work of signifying connection, gradually giving an account of the drive interaction in play, reinforced in Sophie a subject function in her speech and her acts.
