Une expérience artistique auprès du sujet archaïque : ma révolution clinique

Abstract

In a specialized care facility, encounters with subjects with archaic pathologies involve a specific counter-transference to this mésinscription clinical. Creativity supports this context in order to organize the containment function of clinical psychologist, towards patients and caregivers. This article deals with therapeutic mediation with contemporary dance and its analytics foundations. Starting from the institutional problematic and extreme clinical stakes, it explores the symbolic process of transformation of the physical experience of the subject. Choosing a narrative style preserves the sensitivity of this experiment. The author's institutional experience underpins her clinical-theoretical approach. Joseph's case, whose mésinscription seemed incorporated, describes the evolution of his subjective appropriation of the movement. This story demonstrates that recourse to a sensitive experience can help to free us when an institutional clinic initially seems inaccessible to elaboration. It supports the need to seek out an analytical exploration that can provide an original, symbolized response to today's all-pervasive performance injunctions.