Psychic envelopes among adolescents: a test of modelling with a projective test in relation to school refusal
Psychic envelopes among adolescents: a test of modelling with a projective test in relation to school refusal

Summary/Abstract: In this article, we develop a psychodynamic reflection on the place and functions of psychic envelopes in adolescents using a specific tool, the FAST (Family System Test). The concept of ego-skin developed by Anzieu1‒4 is the origin of a particular functional approach of psychic functioning, which relates to the concepts of group dynamics largely developed by the same author.5 This approach makes it possible to locate “operationally” the dysfunctions of the relation between the subject and its environment, such as their incidences on the individual, family and social economy. With the adolescent subject, these dynamics appear able to bring a clinical intelligibility to us, in particular in terms of childrens’ relationships at school. To this end, the use of a singular projective test such as the F.A.S.T. (Family System Test) brings an innovative perspective with the prospect for psychodynamic application in the field of school refusal and schooling in general. The use of the FAST and the application that we propose allows to jointly carrying out evaluation and brief psychotherapy.

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