Therapeutic consultations are a modality of therapeutic assessment with possibility of psychological evaluation and intervention by means of practical, clinical flexibility and psychoanalysis of listening, in accordance with theory of human's maturity. This therapeutic modality provides an emotional support so the patient can retake his continuity of being and his emotional maturation process. This study presents eight year-old girl's case, in therapeutic consultations in a public university's school clinic. The demand for care was done by her mother who reported complaints such as depressed mood, chest pains and difficult temperament. The clinical handling and the experiences that constitutes itself through the shared play allowed the expression of child's spontaneous gesture, creativity and confidence in his ability.
playing; children; creativity; therapeutic consultations; emotional development; Winnicott