This study reflects on the encounter between the therapist and the person seeking the Psychological emergency attendance and what can be done at this time of urgency. To this end, we present a synthesis about the psychological emergency attendance service, the person seeking this service and the characteristics required to work as a psychologist on duty. Moreover, it is presented what can be done at this urgent time through some reports of cases treated in a school psychology clinic from a university in the Alto do Tietê, São Paulo State.
Psychological emergency; urgency; possibilities