The Collective of Certified Psychotherapists of the Alpes-Maritimes invites you to its 3rd “K fait psy” on February 28, 2011, from 7 PM to 9 PM, at the “l’F” brasserie. It’s an opportunity to step out, meet people, reflect, and discuss around a defined question. The theme of this edition? Who loves when “I love you”? Nice Premium has taken an interest in this monthly event, which is becoming increasingly popular.
Since its creation in July 2010, the Committee of Certified Psychotherapists in the 06 has not lacked dynamism and creativity! After strongly mobilizing on July 1st last year against the questioning of the psychotherapist title, the young association has established “K fait psy” which is gaining more and more followers: about 70 people were present at the first edition. There were more than 80 at the second “K fait psy”.
One of the objectives? Bring psychology, often associated with ill-being, into the public debate. These monthly meetings aim to show that the “science of the soul” can also provide answers for personal development. “It’s about opening the individual’s perspective on diverse and varied themes,” says Fabien Berrais, the association’s spokesperson. These themes can concern youth, adolescence, marital relations, etc. “It’s both theoretical, practical, and about sharing,” he adds. In no case does it involve therapy.
The process? For 2 hours, participants are encouraged to think, discuss, and exchange in small groups on a defined subject: “it’s chosen based on current events or according to themes we hear in our psych practice,” explains Fabien Berrais. Each group discusses their ideas for 10 minutes, and then a person speaks up, when they feel like it, to present what was developed. Several speakers are also present and relay the various ideas expressed.
Who loves when “I love you”? That is the question
This 3rd “K fait psy”, open to professionals, supporters, and the curious, will be under the theme of love. The proposed theme? Who loves when “I love you”? So present in everyone’s life, this feeling can cause concerns, questions, and sometimes even suffering. “It’s about reflecting on the other person in front of you but also on myself. When I say ‘I love you,’ what does this ‘I’ imply? The idea was to question the romantic relationship and precisely open avenues to allow people to perhaps see things differently. To question oneself differently and maybe for some, to find answers,” explains Fabien Berrais. Through this question, can’t we also ask what “I” love and what “I” seek in the other? Everyone can interpret this question differently, thus bringing other avenues for reflection. As the association’s spokesperson notes: “a statement or a question allows each of our realities, that is, to each individual we are, to approach a different angle. People don’t necessarily come with convictions. Even if my point of view is completely different from someone else’s, I can also listen to theirs. After that, it’s my responsibility to agree or not, but at least I can understand that other ways of perceiving exist.”
Freud wrote: “The other deserves my love when, in important aspects, he resembles me so much that I can love myself in him.” This question of the mirror, developed by the father of psychoanalysis, what we seek in the other, could be addressed in less than a week, on February 28, 2011, at “l’F”.
