{"id":2754,"date":"2026-07-15T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T10:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selftherapie.com\/?post_type=blog&p=2754"},"modified":"2026-07-15T10:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T10:08:12","slug":"psychotherapie-du-trauma-intelligence-relationnelle","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/selftherapie.com\/en\/blog\/psychotherapie-du-trauma-intelligence-relationnelle\/","title":{"rendered":"Trauma Psychotherapy: A New Model, Relational Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Due out on October 14, Relational Intelligence: For Conscious Therapeutic Engagement in the Service of Trauma Healing<\/em><\/a>, by Dr. Fran\u00e7ois Le Doze (\u00c9ditions Quantum Way), offers a new way of understanding and supporting deep traumatic wounds and traumatic dissociation.<\/p>\n

Trauma is not just a matter of narrative<\/h2>\n
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For a long time, psychotherapy approached psychological suffering mainly through representations, internal conflicts, personal history, and self-narrative. These dimensions remain essential. But insights from the neuroscience of trauma, attachment theory, and body-based approaches have profoundly renewed our understanding: trauma does not concern only what a person thinks or tells themselves. It also involves the body, the nervous system, defensive responses, and the capacity to feel safe with oneself and with others.<\/p>\n

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Relational Intelligence: healing trauma through relationship<\/h2>\n
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It is out of this evolution that Fran\u00e7ois Le Doze developed the Relational Intelligence\u00ae model. His model starts from a simple clinical observation: some wounds are not transformed by intellectual understanding or inner work alone. When they are linked to relational insecurity, they need to be met within a relationship that is sufficiently safe, attuned, and conscious.<\/p>\n

In this model, the therapeutic relationship is not merely a caring setting or a source of moral support. It becomes a genuine lever for regulation, making it possible to come into contact with defensive responses and with the forms of traumatic dissociation organized around insecurity. Drawing on Internal Family Systems, polyvagal theory, and attachment theory, RI brings together the body, the nervous system, and the relational bond in a single process of transformation.<\/p>\n

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At the heart of the model: Conscious Therapeutic Engagement<\/h2>\n
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At the heart of the model lies Conscious Therapeutic Engagement: a way for the therapist to be present and attuned, attentive to the state of the patient\u2019s nervous system as well as their own, in order to stay as close as possible to the person\u2019s experience without pushing them beyond what they can integrate.<\/p>\n

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A book for helping professionals<\/h2>\n

Relational Intelligence<\/em> is intended for helping professionals as well as informed readers who want to understand how the relationship, when it is sufficiently attuned, can become a central driver of regulation and repair. It also opens onto the training programs offered by Self Th\u00e9rapie Formation, designed to pass on the reference points, stance, and clinical practice of the RI model.<\/p>\n

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Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n
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What is Relational Intelligence\u00ae?<\/h3>\n

Relational Intelligence\u00ae is a model of psychotherapy developed by Dr. Fran\u00e7ois Le Doze, a neurologist and psychotherapist. It views the therapeutic relationship as a lever for regulating the nervous system, rather than as a mere supportive setting. The model integrates contributions from Internal Family Systems, polyvagal theory, and attachment theory to address deep traumatic wounds and traumatic dissociation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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How does Relational Intelligence\u00ae differ from talk therapies?<\/h3>\n

Narrative-centered approaches work mainly with representations, internal conflicts, and personal history. Relational Intelligence\u00ae retains these dimensions but adds the body, the nervous system, and defensive responses. Some wounds linked to relational insecurity are not transformed by intellectual understanding alone: they need to be met within a relationship that is sufficiently safe and attuned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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What is Conscious Therapeutic Engagement?<\/h3>\n

It is the central concept of the model. It refers to a way for the therapist to be present and attuned: attentive to the state of the patient\u2019s nervous system as well as their own, in order to stay as close as possible to the person\u2019s experience without pushing them beyond what they can integrate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Who is the book Relational Intelligence for?<\/h3>\n

The book is intended for helping professionals \u2014 psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, psychotherapy practitioners, coaches, educators \u2014 as well as informed readers who want to understand how the relationship can become a central driver of regulation and repair. It also opens onto the training programs offered by Self Th\u00e9rapie Formation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Also in this series<\/p>\n