[The caregiving posture, a progressive construction]

The professional identity and know-how of the caregiver are acquired throughout his or her career and professional development. The support of patients unfolds by moving from an action to a singular, adapted, personalized and relational care. This experience is particularly present in psychiatric care, when the poïesis relies on acquired and obligatory praxis and must sometimes find the kairos. We can ask ourselves if caring, in a context of uncertainty and undefined temporality, requires a surpassing of oneself on the part of the caregiver, or results from a gradually acquired mastery of the profession.