[Hold or traumatic dissociation at work].

For professionals confronted with intrafamily violence, being aware of the phenomena of the hold of the perpetrator and understanding its devastating psychotraumatic mechanisms are key to being able to provide better protection, information and care to the victims. Their behaviour, which seems paradoxical, arouses doubts and sometimes even brings into question the victims, when they are actually suffering from traumatic dissociation and memory of the violence.