This article presents an analysis of the lived experiences of youth mental health practitioners taking part in Transcultural Interinstitutional and Interdisciplinary Case Discussion Seminars (TIICDS), an intercultural training initiative developed in Montréal (Québec, Canada), while considering the current context of increasing social polarizations. Using insights from the community of practice (CoP) framework and drawing on the analysis of 21 seminar sessions and 26 semi-structured individual interviews, this article examines the relation between the local sociopolitical context, the participants’ verbalization about their identities, and the affect and cognition evoked by the training. Results indicate that TIICDSs present several features of a CoP and that intercultural training needs to build on both theoretical and experiential knowledge, while considering local contextual elements. These include historical and contemporary social representations and power differentials between groups, the cultural identities of trainees, and the institutions and sociopolitical structures in which clinical practices take place. These elements, we argue, are sensitive and potentially conflictual but can be addressed through supportive and reflexive group-based initiatives such as CoPs that bring together practitioners on a regular basis and provide them with a ‘culturally safe enough’ space in which they can learn to complexify their understanding of clinical situations.

本文分析了青年心理健康从业者参加跨文化机构间和跨学科案例讨论研讨会 (TIICDS) 的生活经历，这是一项在蒙特利尔（加拿大魁北克省）开展的跨文化培训计划，同时考虑到当前社会两极分化加剧的背景. 本文利用实践社区 (CoP) 框架的见解，并利用对 21 次研讨会和 26 次半结构化个人访谈的分析，检验了当地社会政治背景、参与者对其身份的语言表达和情感之间的关系。和训练唤起的认知。结果表明，TIICDS 呈现出 CoP 的几个特征，跨文化培训需要建立在理论和经验知识的基础上，同时考虑当地的上下文元素。这些包括历史和当代的社会表征和群体之间的权力差异、受训者的文化身份，以及临床实践发生的机构和社会政治结构。我们认为，这些因素是敏感的并且可能存在冲突，但可以通过支持性和反思性的基于群体的举措来解决，例如 CoPs，它定期将从业者聚集在一起，并为他们提供一个“文化上足够安全”的空间，让他们可以学习使他们对临床情况的理解更加复杂。以及进行临床实践的机构和社会政治结构。我们认为，这些因素是敏感的并且可能存在冲突，但可以通过支持性和反思性的基于群体的举措来解决，例如 CoPs，它定期将从业者聚集在一起，并为他们提供一个“文化上足够安全”的空间，让他们可以学习使他们对临床情况的理解更加复杂。以及进行临床实践的机构和社会政治结构。我们认为，这些因素是敏感的并且可能存在冲突，但可以通过支持性和反思性的基于群体的举措来解决，例如 CoPs，它定期将从业者聚集在一起，并为他们提供一个“文化上足够安全”的空间，让他们可以学习使他们对临床情况的理解更加复杂。