[Accessing the sensitive part of the Being before us]. / Accéder à la part sensible de l'Être qui nous fait face.

The acceleration of the standardisation of care and the dominance of the quality approach, since the 1990s, have brought significant changes to nursing practices, the different therapeutic approaches and the 'place' of caregivers with regard to the patient. In this context of modern psychiatry which must comply with all kinds of recommendations, what is the situation of the patient suffering from psychosis, who would previously have been supported over the long term in a psychopathological process? The encounter, envisaged as an opening, is placed at the heart of the therapeutic relationship.