Role-play as a form of mediation seems adapted to the treatment of adolescent disorders. Nevertheless, clinical practice is confronted with the specific nature of psychical organizations that mobilize transference links based on rupture, destructiveness, and the avoidance of thinking and making links. Using a clinical case, we will show mediation processes that foster the emergence of a move to return to objectal investments and thought processes.

Adolescence, 2025, 43, 1, 89-100.