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The article discusses a study that examines how effective psychological support is on families or caregivers of patients with disorder of consciousness (DOC). 48 caregivers were divided between DOC caregivers of vegetative state (VS) family members versus minimally consciousness state (MCS) with one group undergoing psychological support. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test and the Mann-Whitey-U tests were used in the study. Data shows that the DOC caregivers benefited from psychological support.

In psychological consultations with women who survive Intimate Partner Violence, it is essential to work on elaboration of the trauma as a complex trauma within the context of a relationship. We consider dreams to be a symbolic-representative process, which requires the right psychic, relational and contextual conditions to occur, and that is hindered when trauma is present. The objective of the present study is to investigate the meanings that psychologists working at anti-violence centers attribute to the clinical intervention with women victims of IPV, with a focus on the area of sleep and dreaming in a traumatic experience, and in the clinical work on the trauma. Twelve female psychologists were interviewed using the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis methodology. From the analysis of the interviews, three main themes emerged: (1) Day and night, neither awake nor asleep , (2) Anti Violence Centers: setting as a container of emotion? and (3) dreaming undreamt dreams. The study highlights the importance of dreams as an indicator not only of psychic and mental functioning but also of the psychological relationship within a specific context.