Narrativité des enfants en psychothérapie analytique : évaluation du changement

In order to assess the therapeutic process during an analytic therapy with children, we study the evolution of their narrativity. Attemps to evaluate not only the effectiveness but also change during psychotherapies have encountered recurring problems since the earliest therapies were carried out. We have chosen to evaluate narrativity which seems to occupy a central position between the theory of attachment and psychoanalysis. After recalling the notion of "narrative identity" described by Paul Ricoeur, we will indicate the connections between narrativity, attachment and psychoanalysis. We will then develop the study method which uses stories to be completed. This tool makes it possible to evaluate representations of attachment but also characteristics of discourse. The preliminary results of the evolution of narrativity of seven children in the course of their first year of analytic therapy will be presented, after which we shall discuss the results which reveal a tendency toward the disorganization of discourse during this initial phase of therapy.