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been interesting to allow Sandrine to stay in touch with certain 8parts9 of her
mother despite her life choices, which were incomprehensible to Sandrine.
Catherine: Sandrine, when I hear all this, I think I can understand. I've met a lot
of people working in this sector. When Sophie was talking to us
earlier about this support, I had the feeling that she made a
connection between injustice, suffering, and ultimately misery—not
necessarily financial, but the misery experienced by these children
and families—and maybe sometimes, I don't know, I'm just guessing,
maybe sometimes a feeling of powerlessness in the face of this
system that we can't change & Do you think, as I think Sophie may
have thought, that there could be a link between that and anxiety?
Sophie9s Sandrine: I don't know. I don't know to what extent & I told Sophie that
it had happened to me once before. I stopped working, but it wasn't
as intense. I took a month off work. I was able to take care of myself
at that time. And then when I came back, things were better, and it
was & And I feel supported by the team anyway; I love this job. But I
also feel like I'm part of a system that doesn't listen. I feel like I'm
part of the system too, and that means that the injustice and the
problems are part of me. It's not like they've invaded me &
Catherine: As if you were accomplices?
Sophie9s Sandrine: No, not accomplices (change of tone), definitely not
accomplices, but in fact it invades my whole life and even my
personal life & No one listens to me. At work, I feel like we're a team
and we listen to each other, and it's not easy, but I still feel like I'm
doing something good. But not being listened to at home is difficult
for me.
I Could See Myself in Her … Practising Insider Witnessing in Supervision
Journal of Contemporary Narrative Therapy, August 2026 Release, p. 111-135.
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