Cahiers Critiques de Therapie Familiale et de Pratiques de Reseaux
Volume 58, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 171-187

Connexions transnationales et dynamiques familiales. L'impact des nouvelles technologies sur la communication et les liens dans les familles en situation de migration (Article)

Sturm G. , Bonnet S. , Coussot Y. , Teyssié M. , Raynaud J.-P.
  • a Université de Toulouse Jean Jaurès, Laboratoire LCPI (EA4591), CMP du CHU de Toulouse, SUPEA, France
  • b CMP du CHU de Toulouse, SUPEA, France
  • c CMP du CHU de Toulouse, SUPEA, France
  • d Etudiante en Psychologie Interculturelle, Université de Toulouse Jean Jaurès, France
  • e Université Paul Sabatier, Facultés de médecine de Toulouse, CHU de Toulouse, SUPEA, UMR 1027 Inserm-Université Paul Sabatier, France

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss family dynamics in a transnational context, where members of the extended family live in different countries. In this context, we focus on the way family members use new communicational technologies to maintain transnational ties. We argue that the way a family uses these technologies can be highly informative about the way a family organises transnational bounds. On the basis of a case report we encountered in the intercultural consultation of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department (SUPEA) of the Toulouse University Hospital (Hôpital La Grave), we discuss how the use of these technologies is changing during a therapeutic process. Our clinical example also illustrates that working in a co-therapy setting and cooperating with an interpreter can provide helpful strategies for a therapeutic work interested in the way a family deals with cultural difference. © De Boeck Supérieur. Tous droits réservés pour tous pays.

Author Keywords

Transnational families Migration Translator Co-therapy Family boundaries Family dynamics New communication technologies Translation

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85023602724&doi=10.3917%2fctf.058.0171&partnerID=40&md5=f1f2ce2332e64ba765917e1e0ff73acf
DOI: 10.3917/ctf.058.0171
ISSN: 13728202
Original Language: French