BackgroundAML, the Association pour le maintien du lien psychique en soins intensifs (“Association for the Continuity of Psychic Bonds in Intensive Care”), has been training young psychologists, psychotherapists, or psychoanalysts for more than thirty years and promotes their insertion in intensive care units which, due to a lack of budget, do not have a post dedicated to psychological care – priority being exclusively reserved for the care of the body. AML trainees, in addition to offering words and listening to patients in coma or upon their awakening and supporting their loved ones, are also called upon to accompany the intensive care workers. The training and supervision of these clinicians, whose posture is not always obvious, is essential. ObjectiveThis work aims to describe the first steps of the immersion of a training psychotherapist in this disorienting place where technique and urgency mean that little account is taken of the symptoms of affects. MethodSubjective listening, based on psychoanalytic theories of Bion, Winnicott, or Roussillon, requires a presence that is neither entirely inside nor entirely outside the group, causing the researcher to wander in an uncommon way in a place where teamwork is essential. ResultsThe most important results concerning this approach were collected. If patients and their relatives expressed a feeling of having been heard and a sense of relief felt by the understanding of what was happening to them in this highly technical universe, a better communication between caregivers and relatives, between patients and relatives, in moments of great anxiety or astonishment could also be observed. Allowing words to circulate again and also offering medical staff a subjective experience of psychological care, through literature and writing, were the driving forces behind this immersion. ConclusionThe main conclusions reached demonstrate the value of psychological care in a world where the body is not only a priority but the exclusive object of care. It is also revealed that the listening ear of a psychotherapist trained in the world of intensive care is a necessity.