12

Institutional sociopsychoanalysis as a practice of psychological intervention in the form of an institutional approach called DIM (dispositif institutionnel Mendel), has significantly evolved over the last 40 years. It has diversified its approach (introducing “Balint type” supervisory practices, for example) and has adapted to the open environment and to street youth. Based on interventions by both ADRAP (Southern France) in an association employing special educators in working-class neighborhoods and by Collectif DéSisyphe (Montreal) among street youth, this paper shows the need for a flexible DIM approach that can be adjusted to the people and the context to which it is applied without compromising its general logic.