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Professor Emeritus, Psychology Laboratory at UMLP (Marie and Louis Pasteur University), SFPPG, SIPFP, Co-President of Waimh-France,
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The Containment Function: Object, Process, Mechanism, and Institutional Framework
Object, Process, Mechanism, and Institutional Framework
In La psychiatrie de l’enfant (2005/2 Vol. 48)
Editorial. Parenthood, Contemporary Features
- By Denis Mellier
- and Emmanuel Gratton
In Dialogue (2015/1 No 207)
Conflicts, Conflictuality, and Containing Function
From Freud to Bion, an Evolution of Psychoanalysis: From the Intrapsychic toward Intersubjectivity
In Cliniques méditerranéennes (2003/2 No 68)
What Makes Team Work: The Requirement to Work with Drives and the Group Psychic Apparatus of the Team
In Nouvelle revue de psychosociologie (2012/2 No 14)
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René Kaës
Psychoanalyst, professor of clinical psychology and psychopathology, psychologist (1936–2026)
In Le Carnet Psy (2026/2 n° 286)
Motherhood and the pitfalls of symbolization
- By Mathilde Pointurier,
- Pascal Roman,
- Nicolas Mottet,
- et al.
In Psychologie clinique et projective (2025/2 n° 38)
Environmental crisis, transmission and weakening of psychic envelopes
- By Denis Mellier,
- Dossier dirigé par Emmanuel Gratton
- and Claudine Veuillet-Combier
In Dialogue (2025/2)
Study of the projective dynamics at the beginning and end of pregnancy in a risk-free population
- By Mathilde Pointurier,
- Pascal Roman,
- Nicolas Mottet,
- et al.
In Bulletin de psychologie (2025/1 n° 587)
History of the analytical framework and group systems. A current challenge
In Revue de psychothérapie psychanalytique de groupe (2024/2 n° 83)
“Idiots” at the psychiatric hospital since the sixties. When institutional history become’s the subject one
- By Isabelle Basset,
- Lise Demailly,
- Denis Mellier,
- et al.
In Bulletin de psychologie (2024/3 No 585)
Evolution of psychic envelopes during motherhood assessed using the Rorschach method: A longitudinal case study during the ante and postnatal periods
- By Mathilde Pointurier,
- Roman Pascal,
- Denis Mellier,
- et al.
In Bulletin de psychologie (2024/3 No 585)
The pitfalls of co-constructing father-mother-baby bonds against a background of paternal absence and reunion: a case study
- By Mathilde Pointurier,
- Romuald Jean-Dit-Pannel,
- Pascal Roman,
- et al.
In La psychiatrie de l’enfant (2024/1 Vol. 67)
“Small adolescence”. Envelope, language and identity battle
In Journal de la psychanalyse de l'enfant (2023/2 Vol. 13)
Introduction
- By Patrice Cuynet,
- Denis Mellier,
- Maria de la Almudena Sanahuja
- et al.
In Le Divan familial (2023/1 No 50)
Introduction
- By Denis Mellier
- and Christophe Bittolo
In Revue de psychothérapie psychanalytique de groupe (2023/2 No 81)
Effraction of psychic envelopes during an early miscarriage: Between rigidity and permeability, what is the fate of female sexuality during the following pregnancy?
- By Agnès Segura
- and Denis Mellier
In Corps & Psychisme (2022/1 No 80-81)
Argument: Bodies, drives, and psychic envelopes
- By Claire Squires
- and Denis Mellier
In Corps & Psychisme (2022/1 No 80-81)
From formal signifier to narration: The contribution of the concept of the psychic envelope in treatment for trauma in an intercultural situation
In Corps & Psychisme (2022/1 No 80-81)
Reorganization of the self during motherhood
- By Mathilde Pointurier,
- Rose-Angélique Belot,
- Pascal Roman,
- et al.
In Psychothérapies (2023/3 Vol. 43)
Introduction
- By Denis Mellier
- and Édith Lecourt
In Revue de psychothérapie psychanalytique de groupe (2023/1 No 80)
Tribute to Jean-Pierre Pinel (1953-2022)
In Revue de psychothérapie psychanalytique de groupe (2023/1 No 80)
Tribute to Jean-Pierre Pinel (1953-2022)
In Dialogue (2022/4 No 238)
Editorial: Emotional wrenching, envelopes and bonds in disarray
In Dialogue (2022/4 No 238)
Introduction
- By Bernard Duez,
- Denis Mellier
- and Emmanuel Diet
In Revue de psychothérapie psychanalytique de groupe (2022/1 No 78)
The impact of early miscarriages on becoming a father
- By Agnès Segura
- and Denis Mellier
In Le Divan familial (2021/1 No 46)
The loneliness of becoming a mother - a marital and family issue
In Dialogue (2021/3 No 233)
The Personalized Interdisciplinary Care Network: The first one thousand days milestone for the infants of mothers with anxio-depressive disorders
In Périnatalité (2021/2 Vol. 13)
Family suffering during the perinatal period and the risk of undifferentiation of psychic envelopes
In Le Divan familial (2020/2 No 45)
How grandparents can provide support and find a place in the family psychic cradle during the perinatal period
In Dialogue (2020/4 No 230)
A primary hypochondriacal parental preoccupation
In La psychiatrie de l’enfant (2020/2 Vol. 63)
Psychosomatic dangers at childbirth and the containing function of a network. A specific case
- By Julie Pascoa,
- Rose-Angélique Belot,
- Marie Schneider,
- et al.
In Psychothérapies (2020/1 Vol. 40)
The encounter between teams and families, individualism and destabilisation of alliances
In Connexions (2019/2 No 112)
Primitive sufferings, network and teamwork
In Revue de psychothérapie psychanalytique de groupe (2019/2 No 73)
The family's place in team supervision or analysis of professional practices
In Dialogue (2019/2 No 224)
Practice of writing in a group. Image of oneself, image of the other
- By Florence Cabot
- and Denis Mellier
In Revue de psychothérapie psychanalytique de groupe (2019/1 No 72)
Introduction
- By Denis Mellier
- and Jean-Pierre Pinel
In Revue de psychothérapie psychanalytique de groupe (2018/2 No 71)
Paul Fustier. Tribute to a pioneer of institutional clinical practice
In Revue de psychothérapie psychanalytique de groupe (2018/2 No 71)
An intersubjective model of metapsychology with Bion
In Journal de la psychanalyse de l'enfant (2018/2 Vol. 8)
Hypermodern ideologies and their impact on the construction of parenthood
In Bulletin de psychologie (2018/4 Issue 556)
Introduction. A radical strangeness at the heart of the group
- By Denis Mellier
- and Henri-Pierre Bass
In Revue de psychothérapie psychanalytique de groupe (2017/2 No 69)
Ideal, strangeness and family functioning around the cradle
In Le Divan familial (2017/2 No 39)
Ideologies, Modernity and Handicap, Narcissistic Issues for Parents
In Revue de psychothérapie psychanalytique de groupe (2016/2 No 67)
Parenthood in Demise at School
- By Nancy Bresson
- and Denis Mellier
In Dialogue (2015/1 No 207)
Editorial. Parenthood, Contemporary Features
- By Denis Mellier
- and Emmanuel Gratton
In Dialogue (2015/1 No 207)
The Psychoanalytic Approach to Observation of the Baby in its Family Setting: What Does this Contribute to the Group?
In Revue de psychothérapie psychanalytique de groupe (2014/2 No 63)
Annik Comby (1931–2013): A New Perspective
In Journal de la psychanalyse de l'enfant (2013/2 Vol. 3)
“Suffering at School.” The Clinical and Institutional Stakes of “Support Groups for Teachers”
- By Martine Lacour
- and Denis Mellier
In Revue de psychothérapie psychanalytique de groupe (2013/2 No 61)
Editorial: Thinking “at Half-Mast”
- By Jean-Claude Rouchy
- and Denis Mellier
In Revue de psychothérapie psychanalytique de groupe (2013/2 No 61)
Containment and Transformation of Psychic Envelopes in Infants
In Journal de la psychanalyse de l'enfant (2012/2 Vol. 2)
New Parents and Family Isolation: The New Loneliness of Parents
- By Rose-Angélique Belot,
- Delphine Vennat,
- Annick Moissenet,
- et al.
In Dialogue (2013/1 No 199)
What Makes Team Work: The Requirement to Work with Drives and the Group Psychic Apparatus of the Team
In Nouvelle revue de psychosociologie (2012/2 No 14)
Introduction: Feelings, Moving toward the Other?
In Enfances & Psy (2010/4 No 49)
The Violence of Infancy and Primitive Familial Anxiety: An Intersubjective Issue
In Revue de psychothérapie psychanalytique de groupe (2010/2 No 55)
The Early Registers of Intersubjectivity
In Revue de psychothérapie psychanalytique de groupe (2009/2 No 53)
The Transformation of Suffering in the Mother-Baby Dyad in the First Year Postpartum: Preventative Strategies for Work in a Network
In Devenir (2007/2 Vol. 19)
Notes on Psychic Groupality and Its Contribution to Clinical Practice
In Revue de psychothérapie psychanalytique de groupe (2005/2 No 45)
The Containment Function: Object, Process, Mechanism, and Institutional Framework
Object, Process, Mechanism, and Institutional Framework
In La psychiatrie de l’enfant (2005/2 Vol. 48)
Polarities and Generalities: Cases of Literary and Cinematographic Exchanges between Europe and the US
In Revue de littérature comparée (2004/4 No No 312)
Conflicts, Conflictuality, and Containing Function
From Freud to Bion, an Evolution of Psychoanalysis: From the Intrapsychic toward Intersubjectivity
In Cliniques méditerranéennes (2003/2 No 68)
The Team as a Group
Six Analysis Proposals
In Enfances & Psy (2002/3 No 19)
The Practice Analysis Group, the Containing Function, and the Balint Group Methodology
In Revue de psychothérapie psychanalytique de groupe (2002/2 No 39)
Play and Creation, the Risk of the Affect of Collapse: The Chess Player by Stefan Zweig
In Psychologie clinique et projective (2002/1 No 8)
L'Inconscient à la crèche. Dynamique des équipes et accueil des bébés, by Denis Mellier
ESF Éditeur, 2000. 312 pages
In Revue de psychothérapie psychanalytique de groupe (2001/1 No 36)