Pratique à plusieurs: report of an experience in the Belgian institution Le Courtil

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to discuss a training experience in the Belgian institution Le Courtil, that is engaged in cases of autism and psychosis in children and adolescents. The Lacanian Psychoanalysis guides the institutional foundation through the “pratique à plusieurs”, an expression given by Jacques-Alain Miller in 1992. The conditions for this practice are structuralized from four axes: the partnership between each member of the team and the child or adolescent, the team meeting, the therapeutical director’s function and the theoretical-clinical reference. A case is reported to illustrate these reflections.