ABSTRACT
In every situation of crisis, such as relationships between states, between communities, between management and labour, or within a family or a couple, one can always find at least one actor or one observer to deplore the lack of dialogue and to promote the establishment or re-establishment of a "real" dialogue between the parties. For the stakeholders in a situation, be it a crisis or not, acknowledging the necessity of a dialogue between them implies each of them acknowledging and accepting that they alone are unable to propose a feasible way out of this situation; starting up dialogue implies the acknowledgement and acceptance of one's incompleteness. The illusion helps to contain anxiety until the individual can confront the realty of reality, or better, the reality of the real. This creates a temporary transitional space adequate for the development and transformation of the being.
