The discontinuance of the psychological attendance is a constant, and this fact constitutes one of the most preoccupying unpredictabilities of the professional that works in the psychological field. It is exactly about this "clinical strangeness" that Di Loreto deals with in this article. With the professional experience of some decades and the subtleness that is peculiar to him, the author revisits some of the countless and complex attendance he accomplished in the area of child psychotherapy. And along this journey he offers us instigating evaluations. More than that: he brings encouragement to the young professional that blames himself for the desistance of his patients. Paraphrasing Francis Bacon (1561-1626), it is possible to affirm that with these reflections Di Loret "abbreviates the pain of childbirth".
child psychotherapy; psychological clinic; mental health