VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE INTERACTIONS BETWEE N A CONSULTANT, A MOTHER AND HER CHILD

A group of five researchers/clinical practitioners got together to stu dy specific phenomenon : the therapeutic consultation of a young mothe r with her five-month-old child. Each one used a different method of a nalysis of a filmed document with the aim of describing, on one hand, the visible interactions in the triad : mother-baby-consultant, and on the other hand, the representations in the heads of each member of th e triad. The results and their comparison show points of convergence i n the interpretations made of the material observed. An enrichment of clinical practice data obtained through microanalysis thanks to appear s to be cine of the first benefits of this type of research.