Bases for a History Project of the International Association for Couple and Family Psychoanalysis (AIPCF)

Résumé 0

The author retraces the founding period of the International Association for Couple and Family Psychoanalysis, in 2004-2006, and the years that followed. Following the discussion of the methodological conditions of his study, he notes the collective sense of euphoria and the hopes that this association gave rise to at the outset: members imagined that it would make it possible to strengthen links between specialists and that it would promote a worldwide integration of the group-analytical dimension of this practice. Subsequently, the differences between the association’s members became apparent; the author discovers, among other things, that many of them are influenced by non-analytical approaches, while others seek to have the AIPCF legitimize their clinical and training activities, and so on. In this evolution, he highlights three periods: at the beginning, the AIPCF creates group illusion, then disillusionment manifests itself, which leads, as soon as the members’ responsibilities are accepted, to the setting in motion of a movement of creativity. He presents the results of a number of research studies that confirm these data, such as a survey of bibliographies of couple and family psychoanalysis in six languages, and a survey of the concepts for which the members have the greatest affinity. A subsequent analysis of the unconscious motivations behind the foundation reveals a desire to beget children linked to the bond of filiation, the narcissistic dimension of which would have played a significant role in the dynamics identified.