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The authors discuss their experience with group psychotherapy of children within the public health system and community services spanning the last fifteen years. They specify treatment indications, regarding heterogeneity of diagnoses among other criteria, and outline their model of group work. Anxieties pertaining to group implementation, the group as an object, group illusion, the elaboration of differences, non saturation of meaning, excitation and the parental support group will be discussed and illustrated with clinical cases.

Keywords: groupe, psychothérapie, enfant, psychanalyse, group, psychotherapy, child, psychoanalysis

Le présent mémoire doctoral vise à comparer l'attachement amoureux de couples qui consultent en psychothérapie à celui de couples de la communauté. Deux méthodes d'opérationnalisation de l'attachement sont utilisées : dimensionnelle et catégorielle. L'échantillon se compose de 97 couples hétérosexuels consultant pour une psychothérapie de couple et de 287 couples hétérosexuels de la communauté. Les couples complètent deux instruments de mesure. La version abrégée de l'Échelle d'ajustement dyadique (Spanier 1976) permet de classifier les conjoints selon leur degré de détresse conjugale Le questionnaire sur les expériences dans les relations intimes (Brennan, Clark, & Shaver, 1998) évalue l'attachement amoureux. Les résultats, lorsqu'analysés à l'aide de la méthode dimensionnelle de l'attachement, montrent la présence d'un degré plus élevé d'anxiété abandonnique chez les conjoints consultant en psychothérapie conjugale …

AbstractInterpersonal Psychotherapy was developed in the years 1969-84, specifically at that time, for the treatment of depression (later called Major Depression). Today, its indications have been extended to numerous other clinical syndromes and situations. This article describes the empirical basis on which IPT was developed until it evolved to its current format. A description of the phases of treatment is presented and the four problem areas commonly encountered in IPT are more explicitly detailed. Several techniques utilized in the course of this treatment are enumerated and the strategy underlying their usage is explained. IPT is an evidence-based psychotherapy and a clarification is made about its specificity, compared to other commonly used forms of psychotherapy.

Borderline personality disorder is a serious mental health problem for which one of its main characteristics is significant difficulties in relationships with others. These relational problems have the unfortunate consequence of fostering negative attitudes among mental health professionals and contributing to the stigmatization of people suffering from this disorder. In this article, the author emphasizes the importance of taking into account the parameter of the therapeutic frame within which the feeling of facing a stalemate in the treatment of borderline personality disorder patients occurs. Six general strategies are presented that enable the therapist to limit or hinder the risk of stalemate in treatment. This article then presents the commonalities between treatments teams that tend to feel comfortable and efficacious in their management of borderline personality disorder patients. Finally, a case history is used to illustrate how some stalemates can in fact be seen as opportunities for growth for both the patient and the therapist. In order to avoid the vicious circle of negative interactions with patients already hypersensitive to inconsistencies and rejection, the author concludes by insisting on the necessity that more mental health professional have access to training programs and workshops specifically addressing how to better manage and treat people with BPD.

Spontaneous Body Experiencing is a form of psychotherapy developed in Québec. Though it is intended for people who are suffering, Spontaneous Body Experiencing therapy does not seek either change or a substantial improvement in psychological health. Instead, it simply aims to help people accept themselves as they are. This paper aims to illuminate this process that claims to be both research and therapy. First, the founding principles and key concepts of Spontaneous Body Experiencing will be presented. Then, the effectiveness of the approach will be assessed with the help of two controlled studies on the subject. No significant change was reported in these studies. Lastly, this text will present an ethical reflection in which Spontaneous Body Experiencing is analyzed through the perspective of professional competence and pseudo-scientific criteria.

Keywords: abandon corporel, approche corporelle, recherche ontologique, spontaneous body experiencing, bodily approach, ontological research

This text puts forward the idea that today's neoliberal culture can lead to the exile of the tragic dimension of the human condition, including the conflictual aspects of relationships, the inevitability of grief, and aging. It draws a parallel between the society described in Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World (1932) and several characteristics of our world today, including the frequent use of antidepressants, the importance given to entertainment, the rhetoric of success, performance, and novelty. A critical look is cast on a possible unscientific use of research results on the effectiveness of psychotherapy, highlighting how the complexity of this research and its results can be obscured in favour of “conclusive data” and “best practices” that best fit the accounting and economic logics privileged by health administrators.

Keywords: meilleures pratiques, évaluation des psychothérapies, administrateurs de soin, condition humaine, best practices, psychotherapy assessment, health administrators, human condition