Utilization: A competence of the psychoeducator
Utilization is one of the eight professional operations of the psychoeducational model. Despite the clinical relevance it has in the development of personal adaptive potential, this operation is often unknown or misunderstood. The evolution of the practice in psychoeducation leads us to deepen this concept with the aim to encourage his generalization to all environments and clienteles. To do this, we review, at first, the various writings on the concept of utilization in order to specify his definition and his process and to identify pertinent applications. Subsequently, we propose an analytical framework for practical based on the triptych savoir, savoir-faire and savoir-être (know, know how and interpersonal skills) that defined utilization as a compentence of the psychoeducator. Finally, some effects of this conception for psychoeducative training and practice are exposed..