Know where we come from, locate where we are, and question the paths to take. It is in this dynamic that the second TCC Meetings of Sainte-Anne were held, on March 27, 28 and 29, 2026, bringing together professionals, people concerned and mental health stakeholders.
The ambition was twofold: to reinscribe TCC in their French history – that of Sainte-Anne hospital – while questioning their contemporary developments. From the 1970s, it was in fact from Sainte-Anne that the French establishment of TCC began with Jacques Rognant, Pierre Pichot, Mélinée Agathon and even Bernard Rivière. The Meetings therefore continued this story by bringing generations into dialogue, in particular with the inaugural conferences of Jean Cottraux and Hugo Baup, illustrating how current practices are part of a cumulative dynamic, between heritage and innovation.
Beyond this anchoring, These Meetings proposed a current reading of CBT. Coming from learning theories then enriched by cognitive models, they are now part of an integrative approach to behavior, cognitions and emotions. From prolonged exposure in psychotrauma to the place of artificial intelligence, the interventions demonstrated a major issue: beyond the techniques, the essential lies in the understanding of psychological mechanisms and processes of change.
To use a phrase often attributed to Aristotle, “we are what we repeat every day. » Faithful to this philosophy, the days included conferences and workshops, in an experiential logic where learning means experimenting and repeating. This active pedagogy brought the very essence of CBT to life at the heart of each day.
Another singularity of these Meetings: the decompartmentalization. Professionals, users, relatives and associations shared the same place, that of a psychiatric hospital open to the city, embodying a vision of care centered on the development of everyone’s skills, the recovery journey and the drive towards autonomy.
At the end of these three days, one idea emerged: CBT continues to evolve, at the crossroads of scientific advances and transformations in the field of mental health.
The next Meetings, on March 17, 18 and 19, 2027, will continue this movement around transdiagnostic levers, with a clear ambition: to better understand the psychological mechanisms to act more effectively — and promote recovery.
Emeric Languérand, Psychologist, Psychotherapist, GHU Paris Psychiatry & Neurosciences