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Etincelles&Co is a French-speaking community of practice that promotes dialogue between knowledge derived from life experiences, professional practices, and academic knowledge around two related topics:
Growing up with a family member suffering from a psychiatric disorder
Helping your child grow up when you yourself suffer from a psychiatric illness
THE MEMBERS OF ETINCELLES & Co.
Network coordination: Hélène Davtian-Valcke, PhD in Psychology, UNAFAM
Graphic design: Marie Ridoux
Carole Cocriamont, social worker, co-founder of Etincelle asbl; Laure Hosselet, psychologist, co-founder of Etincelle asbl; Frédérique van Leuven, psychiatrist, founder of Espaces Enfants et Familles; Caroline Legrand, Jeunes Aidants Proches asbl; Stéphanie Tanghe, psychiatric nurse, head of Espaces Enfants et Familles; Xavier Pattix, coordinator of parl.l.asbl.
Lydia Bardin, social worker, Unafam; Amandine Buffière, child psychiatrist, president of the CMPP federation; Jennifer Borselino, Peer Health Mediator; Marie de Boulay, Family Peer Health Mediator; Eliane Collombet, clinical psychologist; Vero Cratzborn, filmmaker; Axelle Enderlé, founding director of La Pause Brindille; Stéphanie Jeuffrain, caregiver and experiential knowledge; Jacqueline Wendland, Professor of Psychology, Paris Cité University; Johan Plet, co-parent; Olivier Sabbagh, clinical psychologist; Nathalie de St Denis, Unafam grandparents group; Dalila Moro, UNAFAM administrator; Marie de Boulay, family peer supporter; Marion Tessier, Peer Support and Mental Health, Argos 2001 Maine-et-Loire
Michel Grataloup, psychosocial interventionist; As'trame; Monica Loup, psychologist As'trame; Silvia Parraga, psychologist-psychotherapist, Le Biceps service of BCAS; Muriel Vial, co-founder of the children-caregivers association; Anne de Montmolin, director of the As'trame foundation.
With the kind collaboration of Marc Boily, Professor Emeritus of Social Work, University of Quebec at Rimouski.
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OUR APPROACH
Contemporary psychiatry makes the home the center of gravity of care. As a result, those who live there are affected, to varying degrees and in different roles.
EtincellesandCo shifts away from a disease-centered medical model to favor a family-centered approach. From this perspective, the person who is ill is considered first and foremost as a parent experiencing mental health difficulties, or as a sibling experiencing mental health difficulties.
Etincelles & Co. places the child, adolescent, and young adult at the center of its thinking. The term "young person close to you" goes beyond the social role of caregiver and reflects Etincelles & Co.'s ethical stance, which believes that support should not be contingent on a young person's output, but rather on the fact that they are in a difficult life situation requiring special attention.
In this shift in perspective, Etincelles & Co. supports a polyphonic approach where every person matters and every voice is heard. All voices have their place on this site, even if they may seem dissonant or even contradictory. For it is by encouraging the expression of viewpoints that we can support recovery within families.