La particularité identitaire de l’enfant de migrants vient révéler une certaine vulnérabilité lors du processus identitaire à l’adolescence qui peut venir réveiller des transmissions inconscientes inter- et transgénérationnelles capables de se nicher au sein des symptômes de l’adolescent. L’objectif de l’étude présentée dans cet article est de mettre en évidence, à partir du dispositif thérapeutique des consultations transculturelles, les leviers thérapeutiques permettant une mise en récit et une transmission consciente de l’histoire familiale et culturelle et de penser à leur transposition vers d’autres dispositifs.

L’étude montre le soutien qu’apporte la consultation transculturelle afin de permettre aux familles de mettre des mots sur l’histoire familiale. Même si certaines spécificités du dispositif transculturel ne sont pas exportables à d’autres, des espaces thérapeutiques groupaux ou individuels peuvent se saisir des leviers thérapeutiques mis en lumière.

Many studies have highlighted the psychological impact and resulting vulnerability inherent in being second-generation immigrant (SGI) children. Some studies have also demonstrated that the symptoms of SGI adolescents can be the manifestations of traumas that have been unconsciously transmitted from one generation to another. The purpose of the research presented in this article is to investigate the different therapeutic processes and tools used by therapists during transcultural therapy to support conscious intergenerational and transgenerational transmission in their care of SGI adolescents and their participating family members. The monitoring of three patients, SGI adolescents, of different ages and origins, provided data that were analyzed using a clinical and transcultural qualitative method. The analysis of 10 sessions of transcultural psychotherapy with each SGI adolescent patient reveals, first of all, that this therapeutic device is illustrative in the care of SGI children suffering from the symptoms of inter- and transcultural transmissions of trauma. It also highlights various therapeutic levers and approaches to transcultural counseling that can enable families to consciously unveil their family and cultural histories. This research project also proposes a methodology where the inter- and transgenerational transmissions can be adapted to favor the healthy development of SGI adolescents’ identity and that can also be applied in other group or individual therapeutic devices.