TABLE 1.

A synopsis of the phenomenological categories derived from the testimonies, related to the two thematic domains of the psychological needs and resources of the staff.

The psychological needs expressed by the participants	The resources and motivational drives experienced by the participants
Need to receive psychological support for the staff and for the patients.	Acknowledgment and safeguard mechanisms within the équipe dynamics.
Need for frankness.	The chance to learn from experience.
Need for emotional boundaries.	The “fundamental childhood.”
Need for clinical and ethical boundaries.	Knowing that the bond made was not vain.
Need to leave room for hope.
Need to express sadness.