The authors offer a critique of the notion of school phobia based on the multifamily group they have set up for adolescents who do not attend school and who resist treatment. They consider that this nosographic entity is both an obstacle to, and, paradoxically, a starting point for the elaboration of psychical conflicts. Their work shows the relevance of the multifamily approach to the treatment of out-of-school students at the middle and high school levels.
Adolescence, 2026, 44, 2, 293-304.
By means of a case study, the authors investigate the practice of high-level sports by young “slaves of glory”, who gain access to the position of demiurge through a disavowal of limits and a fantasy of omnipotence. When the reality of the body and of injuries comes rushing in, these champions start by asking for their “performance machine” to be restored, which gradually leads to an opening up of their inner world and to the emergence of complex pre-existing conflicts.
Adolescence, 2014, 32, 2, 295-306.