Master the use of the Amour Monstre floating object in systemic therapy
Clinical online course · Floating object · At your own pace
Master the use of the Amour Monstre floating object in systemic therapy
A metaphorical, visual and structuring tool to make the relationship speak — in individual, couple and family therapy, and in supervision.
Amour Monstre is not a mere playful support. It is a true therapeutic third party, a floating object that shifts the conversation: leaving blame, justifications and repetitions behind, to make the relationship thinkable, visible and shareable.
This training teaches you to use it with precision, without stiffening your stance. You will find a clear frame, a basic protocol you can use immediately, in-depth work on systemic questioning, adaptations to different contexts, and genuine ethical reflection.
You start as soon as you purchase, progress at your own pace, revisit the contents as many times as needed, and benefit from future updates at no extra cost.
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A true therapeutic third party
To talk about the relationship otherwise than through blame, defence or deadlock.
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A workable protocol
To set up a simple, containing frame that can be used in session right away.
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Multiple uses
Individual, couple, couple check-up, family, supervision.
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An ethical compass
Trauma, violence, safety, responsible non-neutrality and adjusting the frame.
Why this training
Learning to use the tool with finesse, not just to run it
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Leaving the face-off
Amour Monstre helps externalise the bond and make visible dimensions that are often hard to verbalise: ambivalence, distance, control, loyalties, resources, needs, places and implicit rules.
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Building a session that holds
The course does not only pass on a tool. It passes on a way of setting the frame, introducing the support, protecting speech, relaunching without boxing in, and using questioning as a lever for transformation.
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Adapting without losing the spirit of the model
You learn to modulate the use of the setting according to the clinical context, while keeping the markers that make the intervention containing, nuanced and genuinely useful.
Objectives
What this training helps you develop
- Understand Amour Monstre as a floating object and what this changes in the therapeutic relationship.
- Set up a clear, simple and reassuring frame: instructions, pace, protection of speech, debrief.
- Master a basic protocol that can be used directly in session.
- Develop an art of systemic questions: description, loop, context, temporality, narrative emergence.
- Adapt the tool to different contexts: individual, couple, couple check-up, family, supervision.
- Combine Amour Monstre with other systemic practices: genogram, circularity, externalisation, solution-focused approach, work with space.
- Work within an ethical, trauma-informed frame, including when the situation becomes complex.
- Observe the micro-effects of the intervention and adjust your stance with greater precision.
Who it is for
Who this course is for
This training is for practitioners who want a concrete support for working on relationships in a systemic, visual and structured way.
Transmission
An immersion guided by Ivy Daure, in collaboration with Julien Besse
The course is guided by Ivy Daure, creator of Amour Monstre, in collaboration with Julien Besse. It is enriched by the participation of Julie Nicol, Jalila Kormachi, Yafit Larhabali, Mathilde and Pierre.
The whole has been designed to pass on the spirit of the tool, its clinical logic, its concrete modalities of use and its ethical limits.
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Creator of Amour Monstre
Ivy Daure
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In collaboration with
Julien Besse
With the participation of Julie Nicol, Jalila Kormachi, Yafit Larhabali, Mathilde and Pierre.
Detailed programme
10 chapters to move from discovery to clinical use
The pathway weaves together theoretical foundations, protocol, the art of questioning, uses by context, advanced integrations, ethics and interview simulations.
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The DNA of Amour Monstre
- Introduction and getting to know Ivy Daure
- History of the game and the double meaning of Amour / Monstre
- A “universal” character
- Materials, setup, getting the game
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Theoretical foundations
- First-order cybernetics
- Second-order cybernetics
- Third-order cybernetics
- The therapist’s stance
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Amour Monstre as a floating object
- Definition of a floating object
- Metaphorical use
- Photolanguage
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Basic protocol
- Instructions and presenting the game
- How to ask the questions
- A simple, reliable and reproducible session frame
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The art of systemic questions
- The 4 families of questions
- Turning a complaint into a relational question
- Fostering a new narrative
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Uses by context
- Individual therapy
- Couple therapy and the couple check-up
- Family therapy
- Supervision and other contexts
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Advanced integrations
- With the genogram
- With circular questioning
- With the externalisation of the problem
- With the solution-focused approach and space
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Ethics and deontology
- Domestic violence
- Trauma-informed frame
- When things go off the rails
- Non-neutrality and responsibility
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Recap
- The 9 functions of Amour Monstre
- A synthesis of practice markers
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Interview simulations
- Individual — sessions 1 and 2
- Couple — sessions 1 and 2
- Family
- Supervision
Content & format
A flexible, lasting format with no constraints
What you receive
- 8 hours of video content
- 41 structured lessons
- Progressive teaching input
- Filmed interview simulations
What makes the difference
- Real reflection on frame and stance
- A central lever: systemic questioning
- Concrete adaptations to different contexts
- A possible combination with other systemic tools
What this format allows
- Start immediately
- Progress at your own pace
- Return to any chapter at any time
- Use the course as a lasting resource
- Immediate accessThe course is available upon purchase
- LifetimeNo time limit
- UnlimitedWatch as many times as you need
- Updates includedFuture additions remain accessible at no cost
What you will really gain
Moving from “I like the tool” to “I know when, how and why to use it”
This training aims less at “presenting” Amour Monstre than at giving you a genuine capacity for clinical use: setting the frame, choosing the right pace, asking useful questions, reading the effects of the intervention, protecting the session and adjusting the setting according to what is at stake.
You leave with more than a tool: you leave with a way of working on relationships.
