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SUMMARYThe practice of therapy has gradually led me to meet people suffering from chronic illness, and to accompany some of them to the point of their death. In this article, I describe the basic laws and principles which guide my interventions with terminal phase patients, and with their entourage. My discoveries and observations in the course of this work have led me to view death as a natural process of transformation, and thus to define the role of the therapist, or any other person called upon to experience a helping relationship with a dying patient, as that of a guide facilitating, on the one hand, this passage from life to death, and on the other, initiating the detachment from persons close to the dying individual. The philosophy which emanates from this life-death exchange, flows from the awareness that I want to share in this text, that is to say, "to approach one's death is to approach one's life", and underlines the importance of being completely available to the present moment.
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SUMMARYThe author describes the functioning and evolution of a therapeutic commune called "La Baisse". Founded in 1979, it houses 7 psychotic patients and one "stagiaire". The first part describes the principles upon which the commune is founded, and the second part describes the structure, the participants and the three stages through which the patients go. The author concludes that the experience is a positive one.