Florence de Coccola

Ph.D. candidate in language sciences, specializing in psycholinguistics

Research Topics

Narrativity and Expressive Writing: An Institutional Study in the Field of Social and Medical-Social Work

1. My area of focus and the perspective through which I approach it

My research falls within the fields of cognitive approaches (expressive writing) and analytical approaches (narrativity).

2. The main approach that guides my work

The approaches I am examining are informed by psychoanalysis and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). The epistemological foundations will be grounded in theories of narrativity and expressive writing.

Furthermore, a philosophical approach will complement this reflection, as will the necessary insights from linguistics and pedagogy. The latter is made all the more possible through a discursive study of the subject. The “biographical narrative constitutes a professional discourse specifically focused on the relationship to oneself and to interpersonal skills. Professionals in the helping professions practice occupations in which the relationship to oneself (and to others)” (Torterat, 2011) is expressed.

3. My Areas of Research

The topic I am discussing is examined through the lens of professionals in the social and medical-social sectors who work in institutions, whether public or private (nonprofit organizations): senior executives, directors, department heads, and multidisciplinary teams (social workers, paramedical staff, psychologists, administrative staff, etc.).