The authors study the extent to which violence can be facilitated by social media that promote an ideal community where the members are linked by a bond of love, and differences and aggression are actively denied. Social networks in themselves are not considered as a source of psychic conflicts; rather, the authors study the regression effect that they can induce in adolescents.
Adolescence, 2022, 40, 2, 337-347.
On the basis of long-term observations, this article will analyze the practices of secondary school teachers who use a social network with their students. The presentation of the results will enable us to add some nuance to the oft-heard claim that adolescents are increasingly on social media. On the contrary, these tools can encourage the fantasy that teachers are omnipotent and omnipresent. In some, they can also contribute to a confusion between private space and the professional sphere.
Adolescence, 2022, 40, 2, 321-335.
Through the exploration of a clinical case, this article will discuss what is at stake in the process of subjectivation in the adolescent, and also the obstacles that stand in the way of the process. The adolescent, confronted with internal and external otherness, tries to ensure the continuity of his identity even as he is undergoing transformation. We will show how the therapeutic encounter, as a transitional space, can foster the play of identifications and the gradual uniting of the of the split-off parts of the personality that is undergoing subjectivation.
Adolescence, 2022, 40, 2, 309-320.
What is a body behind the screen living through? The screen both reveals and masks. Through two clinical vignettes of sessions conducted through video-conferencing, this article will explore the question the presence and circulation of meaning on both sides of the screen. Is seeing the world while seated in front of a screen really the same thing as taking part in this world? Must one choose between seeing and indwelling?
Adolescence, 2020, 40, 2, 295-308.
Since the dawn of the digital, classic representations of sexuality have been displaced on the web. Porn has thus appeared, with its increasingly trafficked images. Children and adolescents are confronted with these unfiltered, sometimes traumatic images. How do social media deal with these images in order to protect them? In what ways has porn evolved? What is one to think about the emergence of #porn on social media, as it relates to entry into the adult world?
Adolescence, 2022, 40, 2, 281-293.
In the context of the court-ordered placement of a child/adolescent, creating some distance can bring about some psychic alterations not only in him, but in his family, and it may modify to his symbolic place with the family structure. This specific psychic work, based on physical distancing, has been modified in the digital era through the interference of different degrees of presence introduced by possibilities for remote communication.
Adolescence, 2022, 40, 2, 271-279.
N. Enkelaar interviews M. Stora, specialist of virtual worlds, about the role social networks in identity construction, using as a starting point the book Réseaux (a)sociaux, published in 2021. This leads to a dialogue about the ideals conveyed by these networks, their paradoxes and the way in which they encounter adolescent issues. Social networks serve as both a support and a prison for the adolescent in the making, and their many facets are explored here.
Adolescence, 2022, 40, 2, 259-269.
Contemporary treatment brings the patient closer and closer into relation with images, digitalized self-representations and technology in general. This relation has an influence, particularly in adolescence, over the construction of body image, identity and social relations. Moreover, this relationship in turn influences the space of the therapeutic relation. To help understand this, this paper will present six new modes of transference.
Adolescence, 2022, 40, 2, 243-257.
L’outil Snapchat permet de comprendre le lien entre adolescence et réseaux sociaux. Ces derniers s’imposent dans leur développement autant qu’ils les soutiennent dans le processus de séparation, leur perception d’eux-mêmes, et la maîtrise de leur corps changeant voire bouleversant. Connaître les effets de ces outils est fondamental pour les accompagner, et comprendre les problématiques actuelles impliquées dans ces processus.
Adolescence, 2022, 40, 2, 431-443.
La situation d’un adolescent en marge de lien social, nous permettra d’interroger les réseaux numériques et la culture geek comme supports dans la relation thérapeutique. Il s’agira alors d’articuler l’interrogation de l’énigme de la rencontre de l’autre et du sexuel avec la possibilité d’une nouvelle formulation rendue possible via des espaces re-créatifs. L’accueil via les objets de culture et la disponibilité par l’écoute accompagneront l’appropriation de la limite dans ce moment singulier.
Adolescence, 2022, 40, 2, 417-729.